Yassamin Maleknasr

b. 1955·Active·Active 1993–2001

Ms. Yassamin Maleknasr is the first Iranian woman filmmaker to graduate from the University of Southern California in Film and Television. In 1993, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at Tehran's Fajr Film Festival for her debut role in Dariush Mehrjui's film, "Sara". Her first feature film The Common Plight has turned into a cult movie ...