Anahita ghazvinizadeh biography of abraham
Anahita ghazvinizadeh biography of abraham
How a professor helped implement the screenwriting major at ...!
How a professor helped implement the screenwriting major at the UI
When Anahita Ghazvinizadeh began at the University of Iowa as an assistant professor in the Cinematic Arts department in 2018, she was excited by the number of successful alumni and the many opportunities young filmmakers had to succeed.
However, given the UI’s reputable writing program, she was surprised to learn the university did not offer a major specific to screenwriting for its undergraduate students.
The major, which started in 2019, now has over 100 students.
A filmmaker herself, Ghazvinizadeh received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Tehran University of Art in Tehran, Iran, in 2011.
Two years later, she completed her master’s at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
After working as a freelance filmmaker for several years, Ghazvinizadeh applied for the teaching position at the UI.
When she was hired, she became privy to the screenwriting initiatives across campus but was unaware ther