Kataneh Vahdani is a director, Animation creator, storyteller and a professor. She was born in Iran but came to the United States in pursuit of her dream: to have a…

Neagheen Homaifar is an Iranian-American actor who speaks Persian and Spanish. Most recently, she was the lead in a dramatic short film executive produced by Lena Waithe that premiered at…

Iranian American (first gen) DP based in la

Ghazaleh Golbakhsh (she/her) is an Iranian-New Zealand writer, actor, filmmaker and Fulbright scholar. Recently she was one of eight filmmakers selected to write and direct on the feature anthology, Kainga,…

Sophia Moghaddam-Kiapos is an Iranian-Greek/American filmmaker, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. Sophia’s foundation began in the theatre where she studied classical acting at Stella Adler Studio in New…

In 2017, Mojean Aria became the first ever unsigned recipient of the Heath Ledger Scholarship, as well as being the first from a multi-cultural background. The illustrious judging panel consisted…

Abdi Nazemian is the author of four novels. His first, The Walk-In Closet, won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction. His novel Like a Love Story was awarded…

Iranian-American actress and writer. Graduate of USC Annenberg and School of Dramatic Arts. Founder of production company, Northdale Films. Current student of Second City’s conservatory program.

I was born in Iran and have lived in the US for most of my life. I speak fluent Farsi as well.

UCLA Professional Program in Acting