Soudabeh Moradian
Soudabeh Moradian (Persian:سودابه مرادیان) is an Iranian-American independent filmmaker. A number of her movies have been in official selection of various international film festivals and many of them won awards. She has made many do*entary series about Iranian rural women, and some independent do*entaries about "war and madness" such as "Doomsday Machine"," Story Of The Land On Ashes","Mahin", "Voices Against Them" and some other narrative and docufiction films and series like "The Leader of Caravan","My Name Is Tomorrow" and "Les Chroniques d'iran". She made her first full feature-length narrative called Polaris in 2014 in Los Angeles and Seattle starring Bahram Radan, Alicja Bachleda, Elisabeth Röhm and Coby Ryan McLaughlin. The subjects of her movies are mainly based on social issues, women and psychological impacts of war.
She's also been teaching at film schools and colleges such as the Art Ins*ute of California, College of the Canyons, Columbia College Hollywood, etc. She is currently a film professor at Syracuse University, New York .
Contents
- 1 Life
- 2 Films
- 3 Other Activities
- 4 References
- 4.1 Sources
- 5 External links
Life
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 Ins*ute of the Arts in 2015. She immigrated to the United States in 2009 and has been working as a screenwriter, director, editor and film professor in California and New York.
Films
- Polaris - Feature - 2017
- I Was Born Yesterday - Do*entary - 2014
- Burnt City - Experimental Do*entary - 2012
- With Iranian - Do*entary series - 2010
- Les Chroniques d'Iran- Do*entary series for Arte TV - 2009
- Doomsday Machine (Machine Rooze Ghiamat) – Do*entary - 2006~2009
- Outspoken:: Los Angeles - Do*entary - 2007
- Voices Against Them - Do*entary - 2007
- The women of village (series 2)- do*entary - 2002~2003
- My name is tomorrow- fiction series - 2003
- The savage sunflowers- feature - 2003
- Story of the land on ashes (Gheseye khake soukhte)- do*entary - 2001
- Green and being in love- do*entary series - 2001
- Nexus – do*entary series - 2000
- MAHIN – Do*entary - 1999
- Rain for surviving – do*entary series - 1997
- The women of village (series 1) – do*entary series - 1997
- Discovering Iran – Do*entary parts of the Discovering Iran CD. - 1997
- The leader of Caravan(Ghafeleh Salar )- short film - 1996
Other Activities
- Panelist for 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows (New York Foundation for the Arts)
- Jury member for a number of film festivals such as 13th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival and Syracuse International Film Festival 2021
- Vice President of Iranian do*entary filmmakers *ociation IRDFA (2008–2009)
- Executive manager of the First workshop on do*entary film making by IRDFA (Iranian do*entary filmmakers *ociation) and DEFC (do*entary and experimental film center) in Tehran, Iran
- Columnist and Film critic in newspapers and artistic foundations.
- Member of International Do*entary *ociation(IDA), The D-Word and IRDFA
References
Sources
- Soudabeh Moradian in Iranian Do*entary Filmmakers *ociation(IRDFA)
- Soudabeh Moradian in International Do*entary *ociation(IDA)
- Soudabeh Moradian in The D-Word
External links
- Soudabeh Moradian at IMDb