Mariam Shahriar

Mariam Shahriar is an American/Iranian film director and scriptwriter who achieved critical acclaim with her first feature film Daughters of the Sun.

Biography Shahriar was born in Tehran, Iran. Originally intending to study architecture in Italy, she instead travelled to the United States during the Iran–Iraq War. She studied cinema at California State University, Northridge after watching Fellini's 8½. After graduating, she moved to Rome, Italy and continued studying for her MFA at American University. She worked in the Italian film industry as assistant director and editor. David Sterritt wrote that it is "cted as a drama, paced like a ritual, filmed as a slice of rural Iranian life." Sheri Whatley regarded the film as a courageous political act: "This portray of a woman with not only her head uncovered, but shaved is quite a brazen act for a director."

Filmography

All My Dreams Come True (1986, short) In Search of a Lost Dream (1986, short) Mommy, Don't Cry (1987, short) Lost Love (1990, short) Angelica é una brava ragazza (1997, short) Dokhtaran Khorshid / Daughters of the Sun