Accents include - New Zealand, British - RP, London, Standard American, Middle Eastern
Languages - English, Farsi/Persian, Conversational French
Writer, Director
Yoga, Swimming, Running, Aerobics
TVC
2018 Champions for Change '50/50' campaign - ch: Female Colleague - Saatchi & Saatchi/Eight - 12 month release
2017 New World 'Xmas Santa' - ch: SHopper
2016 Principal Insurance - ch: Doctor
2014 Vodafone - ch: News Reporter
2011 Caltex - ch: Shopper
2011 NZ Lotteries - ch: Mum
WEB SERIES
2018 Smoko - ch: Garafolo - dir: Rachel Ross
FILM
2017 Six Days - ch: Nooshin - dir: Toa Fraser
SHORT FILM
2017 Time Terminal - ch: Louise - dir: Thomas Sainsbury
2013 The Murder - lead 'Det. Kane' - UNITEC
2010 Breakdown - lead 'Sophie' - dir: David Costigan
2004 The Corridor - ch: Vinous - Black Swan Films UK
2002 Other Than This - lead 'Leila' - Univeristy of Auckland
THEATRE
2011 Richard 111 - ch: Queen Elizabeth - dir: Anya Varezhkina & Michael Hurst
2010 Vagina Monologues - ch: Under the Burqa - Maidment Theatre
2003 Theatre In Education - various characters - ACLE Italy
WRITING & DIRECTING
2018 At the End of the World - Feature, NZFC dev - writer/director
2018 The Waiting Room - writer/director
2014-2018 Various Promos - writer/director
2017 Glimpse 'Vanessa' (Attitude TV) - writer/director
2016 Perfect Match (short film) - director
2013 Mandala (short film) - writer
2012 Various (USC) - writer/director
2012 Iran in Transit (short doc) - writer/director/editor
TRAINING
2018 Acting for Humans - tutor: Brita McVeigh
2014 Screen Workshop - tutor Miranda Harcourt
2010 Workshop Casting - tutor: Andrea Kelland & Vicky Yiannoutsos
2008 8 weeks of Voice Coaching - tutor: Linda Cartwright
2006 Acting Technique 1 & 2 - tutor: Rymond Hawthorne
2005 USA Audition Technique - tutor: Terri De'Ath
2004 Audition Technique with ArtsED London UK
2002 Theatre Studies - The University of Auckland
OTHER INDUSTRY TRAINING
2017 Jesse Warn Directing Workshop - SDEGNZ
2017 Jane Campion Directing Workshop - Script to Screen
2015 Writers Lab Aotearoa - Script to Screen
2014 Commonwealth Foundation Short Film Lab
2012 Screenwriting and Directing (MFA) - University of Southern California
2012 Master of Arts in Screen Production - University of Auckland
2010 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Media, Film & TV studies - University of Auckland
Accents include - New Zealand, British - RP, London, Standard American, Middle Eastern
Languages - English, Farsi/Persian, Conversational French
Writer, Director
Yoga, Swimming, Running, Aerobics
TVC
2018 Champions for Change '50/50' campaign - ch: Female Colleague - Saatchi & Saatchi/Eight - 12 month release
2017 New World 'Xmas Santa' - ch: SHopper
2016 Principal Insurance - ch: Doctor
2014 Vodafone - ch: News Reporter
2011 Caltex - ch: Shopper
2011 NZ Lotteries - ch: Mum
WEB SERIES
2018 Smoko - ch: Garafolo - dir: Rachel Ross
FILM
2017 Six Days - ch: Nooshin - dir: Toa Fraser
SHORT FILM
2017 Time Terminal - ch: Louise - dir: Thomas Sainsbury
2013 The Murder - lead 'Det. Kane' - UNITEC
2010 Breakdown - lead 'Sophie' - dir: David Costigan
2004 The Corridor - ch: Vinous - Black Swan Films UK
2002 Other Than This - lead 'Leila' - Univeristy of Auckland
THEATRE
2011 Richard 111 - ch: Queen Elizabeth - dir: Anya Varezhkina & Michael Hurst
2010 Vagina Monologues - ch: Under the Burqa - Maidment Theatre
2003 Theatre In Education - various characters - ACLE Italy
WRITING & DIRECTING
2018 At the End of the World - Feature, NZFC dev - writer/director
2018 The Waiting Room - writer/director
2014-2018 Various Promos - writer/director
2017 Glimpse 'Vanessa' (Attitude TV) - writer/director
2016 Perfect Match (short film) - director
2013 Mandala (short film) - writer
2012 Various (USC) - writer/director
2012 Iran in Transit (short doc) - writer/director/editor
TRAINING
2018 Acting for Humans - tutor: Brita McVeigh
2014 Screen Workshop - tutor Miranda Harcourt
2010 Workshop Casting - tutor: Andrea Kelland & Vicky Yiannoutsos
2008 8 weeks of Voice Coaching - tutor: Linda Cartwright
2006 Acting Technique 1 & 2 - tutor: Rymond Hawthorne
2005 USA Audition Technique - tutor: Terri De'Ath
2004 Audition Technique with ArtsED London UK
2002 Theatre Studies - The University of Auckland
OTHER INDUSTRY TRAINING
2017 Jesse Warn Directing Workshop - SDEGNZ
2017 Jane Campion Directing Workshop - Script to Screen
2015 Writers Lab Aotearoa - Script to Screen
2014 Commonwealth Foundation Short Film Lab
2012 Screenwriting and Directing (MFA) - University of Southern California
2012 Master of Arts in Screen Production - University of Auckland
2010 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Media, Film & TV studies - University of Auckland
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