Natasha Kermani
{{Short description|Iranian-American screenwriter and director}}
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Nathasha Kermani is an Iranian-American screenwriter and director. She has directed Imitation Girl (2017) and Lucky (2020).{{Cite web|date=2020-03-26|title=How Canceling SXSW Because of Coronavirus Affected These Filmmakers|url=https://variety.com/2020/voices/news/sxsw-stories-female-filmmakers-coronavirus-cancellation-1203545040/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Variety|language=en-US}} She graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web|last=Puchko|first=Kristy|date=2020-08-27|title=Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the dark inspirations for their slasher satire Lucky|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/natasha-kermani-and-brea-grant-on-the-dark-inspirations-for-their-slasher-satire-lucky|access-date=2021-03-02|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en}}
Career
Brea Grant originally pitched to direct her own script, Lucky (2020), to Epic Pictures, who recommended Kermani direct instead.{{cite web |last1=Puchko |first1=Kristy |title=NATASHA KERMANI AND BREA GRANT ON THE DARK INSPIRATIONS FOR THEIR SLASHER SATIRE LUCKY |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/natasha-kermani-and-brea-grant-on-the-dark-inspirations-for-their-slasher-satire-lucky |publisher=Syfy |access-date=22 October 2023}}
Described as a "feminist thriller", the film finished shooting in Los Angeles in July 2019.{{cite web |last1=Mack |first1=Andrew |title=LUCKY: Production Wraps on New Thriller From IMITATION GIRL'S Natasha Kermani |url=https://screenanarchy.com/2019/07/lucky-production-wraps-on-new-thriller-from-imitation-girls-natasha-kermani.html |publisher=Screen Anarchy |access-date=22 October 2023}}
Lucky (2020), held its International Premiere at Fantasia and screened at FrightFest.{{cite web |last1=Billington |first1=Alex |title=Brea Grant in Surreal Home-Invasion Slasher 'Lucky' Official Trailer |url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2021/brea-grant-in-surreal-home-invasion-slasher-lucky-official-trailer/ |publisher=FirstShowing |access-date=22 October 2023}}
Her latest film, V/H/S/85, debuted October 6, 2023 and became Shudder and AMC+'s most-watched exclusive film premiere, increasing viewership 25% from V/H/S/99.{{cite web |last1=Miska |first1=Brad |title=The Next ‘V/H/S’ Goes Sci-Fi; Shudder Reveals Seventh Installment at New York Comic Con! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3783753/the-next-v-h-s-goes-sci-fi-shudder-revealed-at-the-new-york-comic-con/ |publisher=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=15 October 2023}} Kermani described it as an opportunity to embrace something, "mean and ugly."{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Tasha |title=V/H/S/85’s directors explain why they were so excited to make ‘fuck-you movies’ |url=https://www.polygon.com/23906539/vhs-85-director-interview-horror-anthology-shudder |publisher=Polygon |access-date=22 October 2023}}
Filmography
- Imitation Girl (2017)
- Lucky (2020)
- V/H/S/85 (segment "TKNOGD") (2023)
- Abraham's Boys (TBA){{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|title='47 Meters Down' Outfit Tea Shop Sets Natasha Kermani To Adapt & Direct Joe Hill's Dracula Spinoff Story 'Abraham's Boys'|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/joe-hill-dracula-story-abrahams-boys-47-meters-down-tea-shop-natasha-kermani-1234770380/|date=June 7, 2021|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 24, 2022}}
- The Dreadful
References
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External links
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Category:American people of Iranian descent
Category:American women film directors
Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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