ZIA MOJABI - More about Zia Mojabi, writer-director of DARK WORLD, a new film starring MICHAEL PARE, THERESA RUSSELL, JAMES RUSSO and STEVEN BAUER, due summer 2006. Zia Mojabi has written a murder-mystery, suspense-horror film noir in the best traditions of Hitchcock and Chandler



	DARK WORLD
	starring
	MICHAEL PARÉ, THERESA RUSSELL,
	JAMES RUSSO and STEVEN BAUER
	Written and directed by Zia Mojabi

BIO of writer-director ZIA MOJABI Home

Zia Mojabi is an LA-based stage and screen writer. His

writing career began at college in Cambridge, England, where he wrote and directed sketch comedies for the campus company. He also directed the alumni productions of a few British stage standards while at Birmingham University. After getting his degree, he moved to Spain, working at Madrid’s prestigious Filmoteca Nacional while studying film theory, polishing his Spanish and co-writing with various Madrid writers. He later emigrated to Canada where he wrote and directed some experimental shorts and one teleplay for the Toronto-based CableNet

which won him the CableNet award. In the early ‘90s he moved to LA to fully focus on the business and pleasures of writing and directing movies. In addition to his writing-directing career, he is also the senior vice president of Nielsen Entertainment, the premier motion picture research and marketing firm where he works closely with all the major and mini-major studios in town.

Zia’s recent works include:

“DARK WORLD”: a feature length murder-mystery thriller written and directed by Zia. Soon to be available through domestic and international outlets.

“REASONABLE DOUBT”: a suspense/thriller screenplay, script by Zia Mojabi, based on an original story by Joseph Farrell, commissioned by FP Ventures, a Disney-based production company, completed June ’04, scheduled for production in ’07.

“FUNNY MAN”: a darkly comical murder-mystery spec screenplay, script and story by Zia, currently under option by The Syndicate.

“WOMAN ON FIRE” (writer/director): A feature film based on the Greek tragedy Medea. Winner: "Best Feature, Drama" at the New York International Independent Film Festival. Received a special citation at the MEMPHIS International FILM FESTIVAL.

“THE MEETING” (writer/director): A political play in two acts for the stage which enjoyed a long run in Los Angeles, then toured San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, Washington, Vancouver and Toronto.

“LOVE and OTHER MINOR LIES” (writer/director): A romantic comedy play in two acts which opened in the Morgen Vixen Theater in Los Angeles.

“THE QUARTET” (writer): A two-act play chosen as the annual project to be produced at the First Stage Theater workshop in Hollywood.

’TWAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT”: a romantic comedy stage play in two acts, written and directed by Zia. Ran in Los Angeles in ’98 before traveling to key North American cities.

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