Episode 61: Sara Zandieh
“It’s impossible to isolate our humanity. We’re intertwined. We need each other.
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Sara Zandieh is a filmmaker, writer, and director. She recently directed an episode for NBC’s Good Girls (comes out this Sunday) and her latest film, A Simple Wedding, a multi-cultural romantic comedy starring Tara Grammy & Christopher O’Shea, is now available for streaming on iTunes and Amazon. On this episode Sara tells her journey from journalist to filmmaker, how being an Iranian-American influences her storytelling, why her circle of friends (including past guest Sasha Sagan) are her bedrock, and what really happens when you decide to make your first feature film. All that and so much more!
To connect, support, and follow Sara and watch her work you can:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarazandieh
Twitter: www.twitter.com/sarazandieh
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarazandieh
Website: www.sarazandieh.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-zandieh
Email: szandieh@gmail.com
And of course her movie is available now on iTunes and Amazon!
SHOW NOTES: Things we mentioned:
A Simple Wedding
NBC’s Good Girl’s
Sasha
Tribeca Film Festival
Pool Party
Sasha’s New book - For Small Creatures Such as We
Tehran, Iran
DC
Maryland
NYC
LA
Farsi
Christiane Amanpour
CNN
Columbia University
Iraq War
George W Bush
How I Built This
Spanx
Sara Blakely
Glossier
Emily Weiss
Tara Grammy
Canada
Montreal
Olympics
Rita Wilson
NBC Female Forward Program
Hilary Clinton
Christina Hendricks
Mae Whitman
Reality Bites
Ann Druyan
Elizabeth Warren
Rachel Maddow
Jane Club
June Diane Raphael
Rebel Music docu series by MTV
NYU Film School
The Wing
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Production, Audio Engineering, & Editing by Jordan Duffy
Music by Joakim Karud @joakimkarudmusic