She was born in Tehran-Iran and started her career in directing, screen writing and editing in 1996 . She graduated from Tehran University of Art with a B.S in cinema in 1996 and got an MFA degree in Film and Video from California Institute of the Arts in 2015. She immigrated to the United States in 2009 and has been working as a screenwriter, director and editor in the US since then.
Polaris - Feature - 2017Writing and Directing-Won the best feature at Culver City Film Festival - Los Angeles-Nominated for the best feature, best director and best actress at California Women's Film Festival - Los Angeles
I Was Born Yesterday - Documentary - 2014Directing and Editing-Won the best documentary at Barcelona Planet Film Festival (Spain) , European Film Festival (Russia), Spotlight Documentary Film Award (USA)- Official selection of: Los Angeles CineFest (USA), Sydney World Film festival (Australia), Roma Cinemadoc (Italy)
Barcelona Planet film festival (Spain), Toronto film week (Canada), Lisbon International film festival (Portugal) , Venice film week, Silent Movie World film festival (Ukraine)
Burnt City - Experimental Documentary - 2012Directing and Editing
With Iranian - Documentary series - 2010Screen writing, Directing and Editing
Les Chroniques d'Iran- Documentary series for Arte TV - 2009Doomsday Machine (Machine Rooze Ghiamat) – Documentary - 2006~2009Screen writing, Directing and Editing- Official Selection of UKIFF Film Festival (London -2010)-Nominated in DOCSDF international Film Festival (Mexico-2009)-Official Selection of Document 7-international human rights film festival (Scotland-2009)-“a prize of honor”in Parivin Etesami Film Festival (Iran-2009)
Outspoken : Los Angeles - Documentary - 2007Associate producer
Voices Against Them - Documentary - 2007Producer, Co-Director and Editor
The women of village (series 2)- documentary - 2002~2003Screen writing, Directing and Editing
My name is tomorrow- fiction series - 2003Screen writing, Directing and Editing
The savage sunflowers- feature - 2003Editing
Story of the land on ashes (Gheseye khake soukhte)- documentary - 2001Screen writing, Directing and Editing- Official Selection of 20th
Fajr International Film Festival- Iran, 18th international Short Film Festival- Iran and third week of FOROUGH Film- Iran
Green and being in love- documentary series - 2001Screen writing, Directing and Editing
Nexus – documentary series - 2000Screen writing and Directing
MAHIN – Documentary - 1999Screen writing and Directing- Achieved the honorary Diploma in KISH Documentary Film Festival-Iran- Official Selection of Iranian films in North America and Achieved the honorary Diploma in
Vancouver- Official Selection of festivals:
Hamburg (
Germany),
Dresden (
Germany), Ebenezer (
Austria), Borne (
Czech Republic)...
Rain for surviving – documentary series - 1997Screen writing, Directing and Editing
The women of village (series 1) – documentary series - 1997Screen writing, Directing and Editing
Discovering Iran – Documentary parts of the Discovering Iran CD. - 1997Directing and Editing
The leader of Caravan(Ghafeleh Salar )- short film - 1996Screen writing , Directing and Editing- Official Selection of Madrid Film Festival
Vice President of Iranian documentary filmmakers association IRDFA (2008–2009)Jury member for a number of film festivals in Iran.Executive manager of the First workshop on documentary film making by IRDFA (Iranian documentary filmmakers association) and DEFC (documentary and experimental film center) in Tehran, IranColumnist and Film critic in newspapers and artistic foundations.Member of International Documentary Association(IDA), The D-Word and IRDFA