Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani

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Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani are a screenwriting and showrunner duo best known for their work in the TV series Informer , as well as writing the films The Mauritanian and Black Adam.

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Biography

Haines was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, and received his MFA from Columbia University in 2011. [1] Noshirvani is originally from Iran and emigrated to the United States, and also graduated from Columbia University in 2012. [2] The two met at Columbia University's film program. [2]

In 2013, their script From Here to Albion, was named to the Black List and was purchased by Participant Media. [3] They also co-wrote The State, which was purchased by Fox Media in 2016. [4] They also sold Revenge at a Wedding to Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm, [5] and their pilot script The Narrows was bought by Universal Cable Productions.

The two most recently created the BBC series Informer , [6] and wrote the screenplays for The Mauritanian , [7] and Black Adam. [8]

Awards

Between 2019 and 2021, the duo was nominated for three British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for the screenplays of The Informer and The Mauritanian. [9] [10]

Filmography

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References

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