Art
Amir M. Mokri
Amir M. Mokri (Persian: امیر مکری; born June 11, 1956) is an Iranian cinematographer. Mokri was born in Iran and emigrated to the United States in 1977. He graduated from Emerson College and the American Film [...]
Mark Zandi
Mark Zandi is an American economist and co-founder of Moody’s Economy.com, a widely-cited source of economic analysis. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia of Iranian descent and grew up in Radnor, Pennsylvania. He attended Upper [...]
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah (Persian: امیر ﺳﻌدالله) (born August 27, 1980) is an Iranian professional mixed martial artist. He was the winner of Spike TV‘s The Ultimate Fighter 7. Early career Sadollah was born in Brooklyn, New York [...]
Farhad Safinia
Farhad Safinia (Persian: فرهاد صفینیا Farhād Safīnīyā; born 1975) is a screenwriter and film producer. Personal life Farhad Safinia was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1975. He left Iran with his family at the age of [...]
Bob Yari
Bob Yari (born 30 May 1961 in Iran) is an Iranian-American film producer. He grew up in New York City, and studied cinematography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Yari’s film Crash won the Best [...]
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (pronounced /ˈpæzdɑr/; born April 30, 1965) is an Iranian actor and film director. He is known for playing Jim Profit on the TV series Profit, for his roles in Near Dark, Carlito’s Way, [...]
Maziar Maz Jobrani
Maziar “Maz” Jobrani (Persian: مازیار جبرانی; born February 26, 1972) is an Iranian comedian who is part of the “Axis of Evil” comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has [...]
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: ‘شهره آغداشلو; born May 11, 1952) is an Iranian actress. After establishing a theater and film career in Iran, Aghdashloo moved to England during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and subsequently became a [...]
Omid Djalili
Djalili is another successful Iranian individual. He attended Holland Park School and then the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying English and Theatre studies. Comedy career The first significant success of his stand-up comedy [...]
Ali Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi (Deep Dish)
Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian members Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes [...]
