RESUME
about me
Assistant Professor at Northwestern University
Filmmaker at Burning Pictures Production
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching Experience
Northwestern University | Assistant Professor | Chicago, IL | August 2022 to Present
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Saint Joseph's University | Adjunct Professor | Philadelphia, PA | Jan 2022 - May 2022
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The College of New Jersey | Adjunct Professor | New Jersey, NJ | Aug 2021 - May 2022
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Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | Adjunct Professor | Lancaster, PA | Jan 2021 - May 2022
Drexel University | Adjunct Professor | Philadelphia, PA | Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Temple University | Instructor | Philadelphia, PA | Aug 2017 - Aug 2020
Filmography
Unfinished: Kamran Shirdel | In Production Process | Director and Producer
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War Game | 2019 | Writer, Director and Producer
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America | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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Copsi | 2015 | Writer, Director and Producer
Publications
Nila Publications | Here by Micheal Frayn | Under Publication | Translator
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Afraz Publications | Superior donut by Tracy Letts | First Edition: 2015 | Translator
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Afraz Publications | Red by JohnLogan | First Edition: 2013, Second Edition: 2015 | Translator
Awards and Honors
​FMA Distribution Grant, Temple University | War Game | 2019 | Writer, Director and Producer
Vice Provost Post Production Grant, Temple University | War Game | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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FMAProduction Grant, Temple University | War Game | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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Streaming Contract, Comcast Streampix | America | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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Travel Grant, Temple University | America | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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Vice Provost Grant, Temple University | America | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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FMA Distribution Grant, Temple University | America | 2018 | Writer, Director and Producer
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University Fellowship, Temple University | Copsi | 2017 | Writer, Director and Producer
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Education
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Temple University | MFA in Film and Media Arts | 2020, Philadelphia, USA
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Tehran University of Art | MA in Cinema | 2017, Tehran,Iran
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University of Manchester 1824 | MSc. in Power System Engineering | 2009, Manchester,England
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Amirkabir University of Technology | BSc. in Electrical Engineering | 2007, Tehran, Iran