Iranian made, California raised, Sara Vessal is the 4x-great granddaughter of 19th Century Persian Poet, Vessal Shirazi. She majored in Film & Digital Media at the University of California, Berkeley,…

I’ve always been a storyteller at heart and started writing when I was 14. I have a collection of writings that includes short stories, articles, and countless ideas/loglines, as well…

Originally from Iran of Armenian descent, Christine Khalafian’s short-form directing works have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and Rotterdam International Film Festival, among others. She made her network…

British Iranian actress currently based in London, UK. Credits include: Tyrant (FX), Soulmates (AMC), Digging (Film4), Phantom of the Open (BBC Films), Our Kind Of Love (BAFTA long listed)

Toranj was born in Iran and raised in Canada. In 2017 she started working as an actor in Indian cinema and has performed in English, Persian, Hindi, Pashto and Urdu.…

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 is an Iranian-New Zealand writer, actor, filmmaker and Fulbright scholar. Her first book of personal essays The Girl From Revolution Road was published by Allen & Unwin. She…

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…