The co-founder of Strangeland Films along with Producer Isabel Gallardo, an independent motion picture company based in Los Angeles.
Farnaz is currently in pre-production - with Creanspeak Productions - on Strangeland Films' psychological horror/ thriller entitled The Reading, slated for principal photography in the spring of 2007 in Connecticut. She is also developing an action/drama thriller titled Magic Land (formerly called Strange Land) scheduled for production in the fall of 2007.
Farnaz recently finished directing and editing her first full-length feature film, Plot 7, a horror/thriller starring Linden Ashby (Melrose Place, Mortal Combat), Gabrielle Carteris (Beverly Hills 90210) and Joseph Castanon (Click, Jericho). Plot 7 is in post-production and is scheduled for release in the spring of 2007.
Before writing Magic Land (formerly called Strange Land), Farnaz's story for a screenplay titled Retribution, featured on the HBO Series Project Greenlight 2 - Writing Contest, and she was one of the top 180 contestants in the Project Greenlight 3 - Directors Contest. Farnaz also wrote, directed, and produced four spec commercials for Converse®.
In collaboration with Gallardo, Farnaz directed and edited the successful short film Body of Work starring John McCook (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Lorenzo Lamas (Renegade), which premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2005 and was nominated for best short film at the Canadian Female Eye Film Festival in 2006.
Farnaz's other short films, Matthew 10:28 and Butterfly, were included in several festivals hosted by California State University Long Beach and the Director's Guild of America. Butterfly was also showcased at the Cinema Lounge Festival in February of 2003.
Farnaz worked as the 1st Assistant Director on the feature film Rogues, which was written, produced, and directed by Laurel Wetzork. She also produced and directed a promotional video for CSULB. Her other film production work includes stints as an editor for nine short films, AD, sound mixer, boom operator, gaffer and grip on several short films, as well as a production assistant on the feature film Take Two, written and directed by Sharyn C. Blumenthal. She completed several internships with Lightstorm - James Cameron's company, "The Bold and the Beautiful" at CBS, and Creative Players - a film/management company. She also did background work on the films "Starship Troopers" and "Uncommon Ground", and the soap "The Bold and the Beautiful".
Farnaz is a graduate of California State University Long Beach, where she earned her B.A. in Film and Electronic Arts Production. She was awarded the Lucy Award Scholarship sponsored by Women in Film, the Fine Arts Affiliates Scholarship, and the Outstanding Achievements in Higher Education Honor Award. After graduating high school in Colonge, Germany, Farnaz worked for the television production company Endemole Entertainment, best known for their television reality shows "Fear Factor", Spy TV", "Dog Eat Dog", and "Big Brother". Farnaz was born in Persia and raised in Cologne, Germany. In 1996, she moved to Toronto, Canada before finally relocating to her current Southern California home of Los Angeles.
Farnaz is strongly influenced by directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow, Stanley Kubrick, and James Cameron.
Farnaz is currently in pre-production - with Creanspeak Productions - on Strangeland Films' psychological horror/ thriller entitled The Reading, slated for principal photography in the spring of 2007 in Connecticut. She is also developing an action/drama thriller titled Magic Land (formerly called Strange Land) scheduled for production in the fall of 2007.
Farnaz recently finished directing and editing her first full-length feature film, Plot 7, a horror/thriller starring Linden Ashby (Melrose Place, Mortal Combat), Gabrielle Carteris (Beverly Hills 90210) and Joseph Castanon (Click, Jericho). Plot 7 is in post-production and is scheduled for release in the spring of 2007.
Before writing Magic Land (formerly called Strange Land), Farnaz's story for a screenplay titled Retribution, featured on the HBO Series Project Greenlight 2 - Writing Contest, and she was one of the top 180 contestants in the Project Greenlight 3 - Directors Contest. Farnaz also wrote, directed, and produced four spec commercials for Converse®.
In collaboration with Gallardo, Farnaz directed and edited the successful short film Body of Work starring John McCook (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Lorenzo Lamas (Renegade), which premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2005 and was nominated for best short film at the Canadian Female Eye Film Festival in 2006.
Farnaz's other short films, Matthew 10:28 and Butterfly, were included in several festivals hosted by California State University Long Beach and the Director's Guild of America. Butterfly was also showcased at the Cinema Lounge Festival in February of 2003.
Farnaz worked as the 1st Assistant Director on the feature film Rogues, which was written, produced, and directed by Laurel Wetzork. She also produced and directed a promotional video for CSULB. Her other film production work includes stints as an editor for nine short films, AD, sound mixer, boom operator, gaffer and grip on several short films, as well as a production assistant on the feature film Take Two, written and directed by Sharyn C. Blumenthal. She completed several internships with Lightstorm - James Cameron's company, "The Bold and the Beautiful" at CBS, and Creative Players - a film/management company. She also did background work on the films "Starship Troopers" and "Uncommon Ground", and the soap "The Bold and the Beautiful".
Farnaz is a graduate of California State University Long Beach, where she earned her B.A. in Film and Electronic Arts Production. She was awarded the Lucy Award Scholarship sponsored by Women in Film, the Fine Arts Affiliates Scholarship, and the Outstanding Achievements in Higher Education Honor Award. After graduating high school in Colonge, Germany, Farnaz worked for the television production company Endemole Entertainment, best known for their television reality shows "Fear Factor", Spy TV", "Dog Eat Dog", and "Big Brother". Farnaz was born in Persia and raised in Cologne, Germany. In 1996, she moved to Toronto, Canada before finally relocating to her current Southern California home of Los Angeles.
Farnaz is strongly influenced by directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow, Stanley Kubrick, and James Cameron.