Yassamin Maleknasr
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Yassamin Maleknasr (also spelled Yasman Malek-Nasr, born 19 May 1955, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker and actress.
Career[]
Yassamin Maleknasr is the first Iranian woman filmmaker to graduate from the University of Southern California (USC) in Film and Televisio Production.[when?][citation needed] She did post-graduate work in Drama at Towson State University in Maryland.[when?][citation needed]
She made her first short film, Jazz Ballet in the U.S.; then after several years working at American film companies, she returned to Tehran to perform in Dariush Mehrjui's film Sara (1993) for which she won a "Best Supporting Actress" award from the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran. She has also acted in a number of other Iranian features.
In 1995, Maleknasr directed and acted in her first feature film, "Common Plight".[citation needed]
In 2002, she took a journey with a small crew throughout war-torn Afghanistan and traveled more than 3,000 miles by land to make her acclaimed film, “Afghanistan the Lost Truth”.[1] Her recent lyrical documentary, "Women of the Silk Road", depicts the lives of four women from four countries of the Silk Road is an exploration of women’s lives today via textile along the ancient trade route. Shot in Iran, Turkey, Oman and Tajikistan. A story of love, courage and hope.[citation needed]
Her films have been screened at various networks such as Arte, France and Ireland, BBC, Australian and New Zealand networks, TVC Spain, USHUAIA France, plus special screenings at the Screen Actors Guild – Los Angeles, United Nations – New York, World Bank – Washington DC, the United States Senate, and many universities across the United States.[2]
See also[]
- Iranian cinema
- List of famous Persian women
References[]
- ^ Naficy, Hamid (2011). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010. Duke University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8223-4878-8.
- ^ http://yassamin.com/biography/
External links[]
- Iranian documentary filmmakers
- Iranian women film directors
- Iranian film directors
- Iranian film actresses
- People from Tehran
- USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Towson University alumni
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners
- Women documentary filmmakers