Nazanin Shirazi
Austin, TX
Nazanin Shirazi is an accomplished filmmaker who explores issues of identity and diaspora culture through both visual and performing arts. Her most recent film, Red Wednesday, has been nominated for a Student Academy Award and will screen in France, Italy, and South Africa.
She is an alumnus of the New York Film Academy program in Paris and is currently pursuing an MFA degree in Film Production at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.A. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Political Science. She has worked in Texas and Central America with La Capacidad and MECA, both community-based, non-profit organizations that promote social and cultural development to at-risk youth through education in the arts.
Nazanin Shirazi's film: Red Wednesday
