Qualifications:

• Directing live-action short films, short animation, and stop-motionanimation.                                                                                                           
• Directing camera and actors and moving stop-motion animation characters.
• 2D Assistant Animator, 3D Animator, and Rough Quick Sketcher for storyboards.
• Painting on canvas, tiles, and mosaic.
• First female Iranian film producer in stop-motion animation and documentaries.
• Heart of England International Film Festival 2011 –  Lost Opportunity (28m, U S A)
  

Education:

• Academy of Fine Arts, 2D Animation and Stop-Motion Animation, Berlin, Germany.
• Painting, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
• Animation, American Animation Institute, Burbank, California.
• Maya, 3D Animation.  Studio Art, Los Angeles, California.

Producer:

• Ministry of Culture and Arts (Vezarate Farhang va Honar), Iran.
• Created animation films such as “Turtle and Duck” and two stop- motion animations called “Reward” and “Best Friend.”                          
• Worked on weekly short film news programs about arts, sports, and entertainment for the theaters.
• Made one thirty- minute documentary called “Mothers and Children Nutrition Program” in Tehran, Iran.

Painter:

• Displayed painting exhibits in Virginia after immigrating to the US. Beverly Hills, Home show tiles 2009.

Studio Cameraman and Assistant:

• Beverly Hills Television (BHTV), Beverly Hills, California.
• Operated cameras and assisted in the control room. running three decks.
• Assistant Animator, for several Hollywood studios such as Klasky Csupo , Duck Soup, and Playhouse Pictures.
• Story Revisionist for Sony Pictures and Film Roman.

Independent Producer:

• Created self-produced 6- minute animation titled “Eagle” in 2006 based on the famous poem and epic from the great Persian poet Nasser Khohssrow Ghobadiani. Made in Los Angeles, California. Selected by the D.C. Film Festival, Washington, D.C.
• Created self-produced 13- minute live-action short film titled “Al Nesa” in Los Angeles California, January, 2008. Winner, best art film, Monte Carlo Film Festival. Selected by the Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France.
• Beverly Hills Studio : 1983 -1985 Studio Cameraman- Stage Manager – Control Room Events Recording.
• Working at Studios :    1985 – 2000 – Story boarding  – Assistant Animator  and  Events Recording.
• Since 2000 – 2011:  Short Films – Puppets – Documentaries. and Events Recording Filming.
• Created self-produced 6- minute short film in Los Angeles California, November, 2008,titled “One night in October.” Selected by the Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France.
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• Made 28-minutes live-action short documentary in Los Angeles California, May, 2010,titled “Lost Opportunity.”                                                         
• 2010 – 2011 Sugar & Spice short film for young kids.
• “Be Considerate” a one minute puppet show.
• Seven minute music video.
• 2011 to Present : Filming Events and working on a one hour Documentary on Dogs and Shelters.
• One hour documentary on Dogs and Shelters.
• My movies premier on two different public access channels