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Lara Panah-Izadi
Biography
Lara Panah-Izadi is an award winning french american writer and director of middle eastern descent. She grew up in Paris and moved to the U.S. at 17 to study Mathematics & Philosophy and Theater Studies. Her first play "In This World" was selected for the Yale playwrights' festival. She also directed two full-length opera productions and made an award-winning documentary based on "The Seagull," by Chekhov featuring Academy Award® winner Kevin Kline.
After college, Panah-Izadi worked on set for Barry Levinson and Quentin Tarantino. In 2017, she wrote and directed a narrative short film, CHLOE, inspired by THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY but adapted to a female perspective. In 2018, she worked in creative development at Paramount Television to help discover book and story ideas to adapt into TV shows. She was tapped to be part of the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women class of 2020. She recently finished her short film THE SUMMER OF SNAKES inspired by the life of French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. She is currently developing one feature film and two TV shows.