The American Coup d'état with Pictures

Fara Marz Shahbazian M.F.A.
E mail ccpfara@yahoo.com

Education
University of Southern California USC, Cinema Division, Master of Fine Arts in Cinema production with emphases in Directing, Writing and Producing.
University of Hawaii Ph.D. program, Chemistry Department, Teaching Assistant.
College of Emporia, Emporia Kansas, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
University of Tehran Medical School, Tehran Iran, AA degree in Pharmacy.

Experience
Writer – Producer – Director of the following movies and TV series:
- Wavelength the movie. Feature length movie
- Wavelength (5 hours TV series).
- Me & My Daughter the movie. Feature length movie
- Geelack the movie. Feature length movie
- My Daughter and Me. Feature length movie
- Bicycle. Feature length movie
- The Art of Revolution (TV documentary series).
- Family in war (TV documentary).
- Investment Company of Iran (TV documentary).
- The Outlaws. Producer of an18 hours fiction TV series titled
- Sarbedaran. Producer of a 24 hours fiction TV series

Published the following books:
- The Art of Dramatic Writing. Adapted and written in Farsi
- Image & Sound in Farsi
- In the Shadow of Hitchcock in Farsi
- Wavelength. Screenplay in Farsi
- Gold Lust. Screenplay in Farsi
- Senseless Kill. Screenplay in Farsi
- The American Coup d’état screenplay & play in English and Farsi
- Tehrangeles. Play in Farsi and English
- Mirage. Screenplay in English
- The Resort. Screenplay in English

Established/Program Manager of radio Iran 670 AM, Los Angeles, CA.
Anchor of Radio program titled Bikaran, about culture, Music and Art of Iran. Played live, 5 night a week, 3 hours long for seven months.

Artistic Director/Owner of the Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles, California.

Writer, Director, Producer of many dramatic, comedy and musical plays in the Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles California.
- Director of “Party of One” a musical comedy reviews, about the joy and dilemma of being single. Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles, California.
- Writer/Director/producer of 3 plays titled: “Self Alienation”,
- “Father,Mother,Son,Bride”
- “Motion Picture”
- “Farsi Theater Night”, series at the Century City Playhouse.
- Producer of “Punch & Judy”, a play about wealthy high-class women abused by their men. Directed by Joan Darling, Emmy Award winner, the first women director in US television history and veteran director of Mary Taylor Moore Show, Rhoda, Rich Man-Poor Man, and many more. Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles California.
- Producer of “Closer than Ever”, a musical review. Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles California.
- “Phobia”, a 6 act play about human phobia and its consequences, Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles California.

Providing facilities and consulting many plays at the Century City Playhouse. Some of these plays brought Hollywood celebrity to the Century City Playhouse such as,
Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Ann Bancroft, Mel brooks, Lisa Kudro, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Anniston, Helen Hunt, Michael Keaton, Penny Marshall, Annette Bennings, Marisa Tome, Karl Reiner, Stanley Tucci, John Eckhouse, Hank Azaria, and many other Hollywood’s Directors, Writers and Producers.

Writer of 53 plays, feature length screenplay, television series, documentary scripts, teleplay, informational scripts, etc.…
Producer of 36 hours TV epic film series.
Director of 13 hours documentary and informational films.
Writer of 6000 pages of Cinema books, booklets, magazine articles.