Sahar Jahani

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Sahar Jahani
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NationalityAmerican
Occupationscreenwriter

Sahar Jahani is an American writer, known for working on several popular television series, including 13 Reasons Why , and Ramy. [1] In 2020 she was hired to write an adaptation of Uzma Jalaluddin's novel Hana Khan Carries On for Pascal Pictures. [2] [3]

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Educational career

Jahani graduated from film studies at the University of California at Irvine, in 2013. [1] [4] In 2019, as a successful alumnus, she was invited to join a panel on the changing landscape of film/television creation and distribution at Zotfest, the school's student film festival. [5]

Film career

In February 2019 Jahani was a founding member of Muslim Women in Film & Television. [6]

Filmography

Sahar Jahani's filmography
titleroleyearnotes
Grey Matterdirector2017Earned her the 2017 Islamic Scholarship Fund Film Grant. [7]
Ramy screenwriter2019A comedy series about Muslim-Americans, broadcast on Hulu. [8]
13 Reasons Why screenwriter2019A series revolving around teens struggling with the surprising suicide of a peer.
Just One Nightdirector2019A short film that premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival in 2019. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ramy and 13 Reasons Why". UCI School of Humanities. Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-05-17. Currently, she is working on Netflix's hit, "13 Reasons Why," which is based on the bestselling novel of the same name.
  2. ↑ "Noor Theatre Announces Heather Raffo, Sylvia Khoury, And Sahar Jahani As Part Of The Second Pop Collab COHORT". Broadway World . 2020-05-15. Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. ↑ Donnelly, Brent Lang,Matt (2021-08-11). "Mindy Kaling, Amazon Studios Adapting Novel 'Hana Khan Carries On' as Film (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2025-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "UCI student film festival to celebrate 20th anniversary with special production June 3". University of California at Irvine News. 2019-05-29. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-05-17. Speakers will include Desha Dauchan, a filmmaker/writer and UCI assistant professor of teaching in film & media studies; cinematographer Allen E. Ho '07; Sahar Jahani '13, a writer/director who has worked on the Hulu show "Ramy"; film producer Ivan Williams, MBA '96; and director/producer Roxy Shih '10.
  5. ↑ Lilly Nguyen (2019-06-01). "UC Irvine's Zotfest student film festival returns for 20th year". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. ↑ Nisha Gopalan (2019-05-01). "Black Gay Brunch, Muslim Women in Film & TV and Hollywood's New Push for Inclusive Networking". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  7. ↑ "Talent Guide: Sahar Jahani, Bio". Film Independent . 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  8. ↑ Gazelle Emami (2019-04-19). "There's Never Been a Show Like Ramy How a weird, personal, sexually complicated, and yes, Muslim-American comedy, made it to TV". Vulture.com . Archived from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  9. ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos (2019-05-08). "Netflix's 'Good Sam' To Make World Premiere At Bentonville Film Festival; 'Blinded By The Light' Added To Lineup". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
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