Yassamin Maleknasr
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Yassamin Maleknasr is an internationally acclaimed Iran
ian filmmaker and actress.
, USC. She did post-graduate work in Drama
at Towson State University in Maryland
. She made her first short film, Jazz Ballet in the U.S, and 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.
Maleknasr directed her debut feature film, The Common Plight in 1995, and has made several documentaries including Bababaghi, which documents the lives of lepers and their families living in the outskirts of Tabriz
, and Iran through Foreign Eyes, in which foreign-born women express their views on life in Iranian society. In 2003 she took a journey to Afghanistan
, making the film Afghanistan, The Lost Truth.
She later made a film about the earthquake in Bam, Iran
, followed by Love and Unity on Rumi, which was shot in Konya
and Istanbul
, Turkey
. She has been working on a project on women of the Silk Road
since 2006.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian filmmaker and actress.
Career
Maleknasr is a graduate of filmmaking from University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, USC. She did post-graduate work in Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
at Towson State University in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. She made her first short film, Jazz Ballet in the U.S, and after several years working at American film companies, she returned to Tehran to perform in Dariush Mehrjui's film Sara
Sara (film)
Sara is a 1992 motion picture directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film is based on Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House, with Sara in the role of Nora, Hesam in the role of Torvald, Sima in the role of Ms Linde and Goshtasb in the role of Nils Krogstad.The movie won the Audience Award at the Nantes...
(1993) for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Fajr International Film Festival
Fajr International Film Festival
The Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival is Iran's annual film festival, held every February in Tehran.The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture in Iran...
in Tehran. She has also acted in a number of other Iranian features.
Maleknasr directed her debut feature film, The Common Plight in 1995, and has made several documentaries including Bababaghi, which documents the lives of lepers and their families living in the outskirts of Tabriz
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
, and Iran through Foreign Eyes, in which foreign-born women express their views on life in Iranian society. In 2003 she took a journey to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, making the film Afghanistan, The Lost Truth.
She later made a film about the earthquake in Bam, Iran
Bam, Iran
Bam is a city in and the capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families.The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel. Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are...
, followed by Love and Unity on Rumi, which was shot in Konya
Konya
Konya is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The metropolitan area in the entire Konya Province had a population of 1,036,027 as of 2010, making the city seventh most populous in Turkey.-Etymology:...
and Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. She has been working on a project on women of the Silk Road
Silk Road
The Silk Road or Silk Route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa...
since 2006.