Sara Zandieh
{{short description|Iranian American filmmaker}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
{{COI|date=July 2010}}
}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Sara Zandieh
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Columbia University student filmmaker
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| nationality = Iranian American
| known_for = Short film, Filmmaking, Film director
| training =
| movement =
| notable_works =
| patrons =
| awards = Fulbright Scholar
}}
Sara Zandieh is an Iranian American filmmaker{{cite web |url=http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/pool_party-film28731.html?c=y&sortBy=title&curView=browseDetail&3396=193456 |title=The Pool Party |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author= |year=2010 |publisher=Tribeca Film Festival}} whose film, The Pool Party, won second place at the Tribeca Film Festival. It received a Special Jury Mention.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Tribeca_Film_Festival_2010_Winners/6845350 |title=Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Winners! |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author=Daniel Hubschman |date=April 30, 2010 |publisher=hollywood.com|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130126075647/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Tribeca_Film_Festival_2010_Winners/6845350|archivedate=2013-01-26}}{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/when_we_leave_scores_top_award.html |title=When We Leave Scores Top Honors At Tribeca Film Festival |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author= |date=April 29, 2010 |publisher=New York}}{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018549.html?categoryid=1061&cs=1&query=Sara+Zandieh |title= German drama tops Tribeca awards |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author=Gordon Cox |date=April 30, 2010 |publisher=Variety}} Zandieh is a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University.{{cite web|url=http://fulbright.state.gov/fulbright/being/whoare/fulbright-2009-2010-grantees2#ky |title=Fulbright 2009-2010 Grantees |accessdate=2010-05-16 |publisher=United States Department of State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513042543/http://fulbright.state.gov/fulbright/being/whoare/fulbright-2009-2010-grantees2 |archivedate=May 13, 2010 }}
Works
In 2009, Sara Zandieh entered a story called The Pool Party in the Narrative Magazine 30 Below contest for writers between the ages of 18 and 30.{{cite web |url=http://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/76577 |title=N30B Contest Winners—2009 |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author= |date= 3 November 2009|publisher=Narrative Magazine}} She was among the top ten N30B finalists and won $100 for her effort.
In 2010, Zandieh directed The Pool Party. It is a 14-minute short film that was shot in Tehran just before the 2009-2010 Iranian election crisis.{{cite web |url=http://sarazandieh.com/poolparty/ |title=The Pool Party |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author= |date= |publisher=sarazandieh.com}} It documents the story of a male servant, who must fully repair a pool while acting as a surrogate father to the master's daughter. Zandieh combined social realism with allegory to illustrate the servant's struggle.
2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Zandieh's film was one of 47 short films screened in Lower Manhattan theaters.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i21cea1586dd4edf561954366dfc985bf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419022525/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i21cea1586dd4edf561954366dfc985bf |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |title=Tribeca fest to screen 47 shorts |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author=Gregg Kilday |date=March 18, 2010 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} Like Tal Rosner, Zandieh is a returning director. Amongst other directors premiering films, she competed against Kirsten Dunst. Student kudos went to the winning short, Some Boys Don't Leave, "with special mention going to Sara Zandieh's The Pool Party."
On April 29, 2010, The Pool Party was shown at the Columbia University School of the Arts' 23rd Annual Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.ifccenter.com/events/columbia-university-film-festival-2010/ |title=Columbia University Film Festival 2010 |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author= |date=March 18, 2010 |publisher=ifccenter.com}}
Awards
Zandieh won a 2009-2010 grant from the Fulbright Program. This program is the "most widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program in the world."{{cite web|url=http://fulbright.state.gov/fulbright/about/whyis |title=Why Is the Fulbright Program Unique? |accessdate=2010-05-16 |publisher=United States Department of State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526220757/http://fulbright.state.gov/fulbright/about/whyis |archivedate=May 26, 2010 }} She is one of 40 Kentucky students chosen and listed with the United States Department of State as being a filmmaking student from Turkey.
Filmography
- Handsome Harry (2009){{cite web |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/films/875/Handsome-Harry |title=Handsome Harry |accessdate=2010-05-16 |author= |date= |publisher=darkhorizons.com}}
- The Pool Party (2010)
- A Simple Wedding (2019)
- The Other Zoey (2023) {{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/the-other-zoey-adds-andie-macdowell-heather-graham-patrick-fabian-1234892164/|title='The Other Zoey': Andie MacDowell, Heather Graham & Patrick Fabian Join Rom-Com From Director Sara Zandieh|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=16 December 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood}}
- Doin' It (2024){{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2024-03-14 |title='Doin' It' Review: Even Educated Fleas Know Better Than Lilly Singh's Inexperienced Sex Ed Teacher |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/doin-it-review-lilly-singh-1235941862/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|3182755}}
- [http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/pool_party-film28731.html?c=y&sortBy=title&curView=browseDetail&3396=193456 The Pool Party] Tribeca Film Festival, Retrieved: 2010-05-16.
- {{Official website|http://sarazandieh.com}}
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sara-zandieh
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zandieh, Sara}}
Category:American people of Iranian descent
Category:American women film directors
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)