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Maryam R.
Italia
Maryam Raz MA in Cinema
Freelance writer, Film maker
Maryam.raz@gmail.com
www.wix.com/maryamraz/web
SUMMARY:
Creative and self motivated, with various strong experiences in the camp of cinematography and photography.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and capability of working within a team.
STUDIES:
2010-2013 M.A in photography (as an artistic language) - Academy of Fine Arts of Naples-Italy. Thesis grade: 110 (e lode/ excellent grade).
2006-2008 Cinema- Tehran University-Tehran-Iran.
M.A in Cinema, Major. Thesis grade: 19/20(excellent grade)
First place in Cinema in the National Entrance Examination.
1999-2003 Cinema-Screenwriting- Art University-Tehran-Iran.
B.A in Cinema-Screenwriting, Thesis grade: 19.5/20(excellent grade)
Qualified for scholarship in all periods of study.
THESIS:
M.A Thesis in Cinema studies: Creating Abstract Spaces through Using Sound in
Cinema, Department of Cinema, music and performing Arts-Tehran
University-Iran.
M.A Thesis in Photography: Studying the Concept of Cinematographic Pause and
comparing it to Photography- Academy of Fine Arts-Naples- Italy.
B.A final project: The Narrative Role of Sound (accompanied by the feature
screenplay The Underground Notes to examine the very suggested theory in
the thesis).
EXPERIENCES (FILMS):
2012-2013 La mite (an experimental photo-roman based on The gentle spirit by
Dostoyevsky), Naples, Italy.
2011-2012 short stop motion animations Leggere (Reading), Salire(Climbing up),
volare (flying off) in collaboration with Salvatore Esposito, IFNOT artistic
group, Naples, Italy.
2011 Orchestration (documentary about the orchestra of San Giovanni),
countryside of Naples, Italy.
2009 Commute (photo-roman/documentary): Developed in Abbas Kiarostami Film
making Workshop.
2008 Making short documentaries for Metropolis TV, Netherlands television
(VPRO project): On the roof (about obesity) - The city underneath (about
transsexuals in Iran) - The last escape (women boat-riding) - Changing Faces (about beauty operations).
The episodes have been all taken place and shot in Iran, have been broadcasted
and are also available online: www.metropolistv.nl
2007 Solo (Experimental)
Has been shown in The Artists Organization and has participated in The
Celebration Annual image festival in Tehran.
2006 Saving what we can of the past: Bam Photographic Rescue Project
(Documentary)
Has been shown in Leiden University in Netherlands in Artists, Strategies,
Photography and Archives symposium in 25th of April in 2006. Also has been shown
in The Artists Organization in Tehran and OFAC film festival (2011)in Naples.
2005 The Landing (Fiction): The film is currently conserved in the archive
of San Sebastian human rights film festival in Spain.
2003 Fear and Trembling (Experimental)
Won the best video and sound editing award in the first Iranian student
festival (Art University/2004) and nominated in the short film festival of
Tehran (2006) for the best experimental and has been shown in The Artists
Organization and Cinema and Theatre College, Tehran.
All the above cinematographic experiences in April 2012 have been shown in the
cultural center of GRIDAS in Scampia, in countryside of Naples, Italy.
2000 The Analyze (Experimental/fiction- 16mm): produced by Art University of
Tehran.
1999 The Practice (Experimental): Young cinema Society, Tehran, Iran.
1998 The Desert (Documentary): cinema Society, Tehran, Iran.
1997 The Portrait (Fiction/ Experimental): cinema Society, Tehran, Iran.
OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCES:
2013 Writing the feature screenplay Tacet (which is now in pre-production
process) - Horseshoe Boy. Ltd, London, UK.
2013 Organizing and lecturing a one day workshop on photo-roman (photography
as a cinematographic material) and “Looking Awry†(photojournalism in Iran)
within the photojournalism course- School of cinematography: PIGRECOEMME,
Naples, Italy.
2012 co-founding the artistic group IFNOT.
2012 Organizing and lecturing the professional cinematographic sessions on
Iranian cinema: the face hidden under the veil, Gridas Center, Scampia, Naples,
Italy.
2012 Working as an architectural photographer for Airbnb, Naples, Italy.
2011 Making a brief commercial for the site MEETCHANCE, Naples, Italy.
2011 Translating various short stories for ETEMAD newspaper, the latest is:
Historias di cronopios y de famas by Julio Cortazar (9th July/2011).
2011 Translating La Mite (The gentle spirit/ Dostoyevsky) from English to
Persian.
2000-2009 working with photo archives: Working as the executive manager on
Shamlou (The contemporary Iranian poet) photo and sound archive and also Bam
Photographic studios.
2000-2009 Translations for dubbing animations in Young Sound Actors Society,
Iran.
2007 Rewriting the scripts of a TV series, The Struggling, Ghazvin TV, Iran.
2006 Translation of the documentary Voices of Bam (Aliona Van Der Horst).
2006 Worked as the director’s consulter in a TV series called Identity, Iran.
2001 Judged a short student film festival between all the selected films of
all annual short film festivals for Young Cinema Society, called Festival of
festivals.
Languages:
Persian (Native)
English (Ielts 7.0 /academic-8.0 in speaking)
Italian (Fluently)
Currently:
Working as a freelance screenwriter and photographer.
References are Available on request.
Freelance writer, Film maker
Maryam.raz@gmail.com
www.wix.com/maryamraz/web
SUMMARY:
Creative and self motivated, with various strong experiences in the camp of cinematography and photography.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and capability of working within a team.
STUDIES:
2010-2013 M.A in photography (as an artistic language) - Academy of Fine Arts of Naples-Italy. Thesis grade: 110 (e lode/ excellent grade).
2006-2008 Cinema- Tehran University-Tehran-Iran.
M.A in Cinema, Major. Thesis grade: 19/20(excellent grade)
First place in Cinema in the National Entrance Examination.
1999-2003 Cinema-Screenwriting- Art University-Tehran-Iran.
B.A in Cinema-Screenwriting, Thesis grade: 19.5/20(excellent grade)
Qualified for scholarship in all periods of study.
THESIS:
M.A Thesis in Cinema studies: Creating Abstract Spaces through Using Sound in
Cinema, Department of Cinema, music and performing Arts-Tehran
University-Iran.
M.A Thesis in Photography: Studying the Concept of Cinematographic Pause and
comparing it to Photography- Academy of Fine Arts-Naples- Italy.
B.A final project: The Narrative Role of Sound (accompanied by the feature
screenplay The Underground Notes to examine the very suggested theory in
the thesis).
EXPERIENCES (FILMS):
2012-2013 La mite (an experimental photo-roman based on The gentle spirit by
Dostoyevsky), Naples, Italy.
2011-2012 short stop motion animations Leggere (Reading), Salire(Climbing up),
volare (flying off) in collaboration with Salvatore Esposito, IFNOT artistic
group, Naples, Italy.
2011 Orchestration (documentary about the orchestra of San Giovanni),
countryside of Naples, Italy.
2009 Commute (photo-roman/documentary): Developed in Abbas Kiarostami Film
making Workshop.
2008 Making short documentaries for Metropolis TV, Netherlands television
(VPRO project): On the roof (about obesity) - The city underneath (about
transsexuals in Iran) - The last escape (women boat-riding) - Changing Faces (about beauty operations).
The episodes have been all taken place and shot in Iran, have been broadcasted
and are also available online: www.metropolistv.nl
2007 Solo (Experimental)
Has been shown in The Artists Organization and has participated in The
Celebration Annual image festival in Tehran.
2006 Saving what we can of the past: Bam Photographic Rescue Project
(Documentary)
Has been shown in Leiden University in Netherlands in Artists, Strategies,
Photography and Archives symposium in 25th of April in 2006. Also has been shown
in The Artists Organization in Tehran and OFAC film festival (2011)in Naples.
2005 The Landing (Fiction): The film is currently conserved in the archive
of San Sebastian human rights film festival in Spain.
2003 Fear and Trembling (Experimental)
Won the best video and sound editing award in the first Iranian student
festival (Art University/2004) and nominated in the short film festival of
Tehran (2006) for the best experimental and has been shown in The Artists
Organization and Cinema and Theatre College, Tehran.
All the above cinematographic experiences in April 2012 have been shown in the
cultural center of GRIDAS in Scampia, in countryside of Naples, Italy.
2000 The Analyze (Experimental/fiction- 16mm): produced by Art University of
Tehran.
1999 The Practice (Experimental): Young cinema Society, Tehran, Iran.
1998 The Desert (Documentary): cinema Society, Tehran, Iran.
1997 The Portrait (Fiction/ Experimental): cinema Society, Tehran, Iran.
OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCES:
2013 Writing the feature screenplay Tacet (which is now in pre-production
process) - Horseshoe Boy. Ltd, London, UK.
2013 Organizing and lecturing a one day workshop on photo-roman (photography
as a cinematographic material) and “Looking Awry†(photojournalism in Iran)
within the photojournalism course- School of cinematography: PIGRECOEMME,
Naples, Italy.
2012 co-founding the artistic group IFNOT.
2012 Organizing and lecturing the professional cinematographic sessions on
Iranian cinema: the face hidden under the veil, Gridas Center, Scampia, Naples,
Italy.
2012 Working as an architectural photographer for Airbnb, Naples, Italy.
2011 Making a brief commercial for the site MEETCHANCE, Naples, Italy.
2011 Translating various short stories for ETEMAD newspaper, the latest is:
Historias di cronopios y de famas by Julio Cortazar (9th July/2011).
2011 Translating La Mite (The gentle spirit/ Dostoyevsky) from English to
Persian.
2000-2009 working with photo archives: Working as the executive manager on
Shamlou (The contemporary Iranian poet) photo and sound archive and also Bam
Photographic studios.
2000-2009 Translations for dubbing animations in Young Sound Actors Society,
Iran.
2007 Rewriting the scripts of a TV series, The Struggling, Ghazvin TV, Iran.
2006 Translation of the documentary Voices of Bam (Aliona Van Der Horst).
2006 Worked as the director’s consulter in a TV series called Identity, Iran.
2001 Judged a short student film festival between all the selected films of
all annual short film festivals for Young Cinema Society, called Festival of
festivals.
Languages:
Persian (Native)
English (Ielts 7.0 /academic-8.0 in speaking)
Italian (Fluently)
Currently:
Working as a freelance screenwriter and photographer.
References are Available on request.