Omid Nooshin
Omid Nooshin | |
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Born | Omid Nooshin May 2, 1974 |
Died | (aged 43) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Director |
Years active | 1994–2017 |
Omid Nooshin (02 May 1974 - 15 January 2018) was an English film director and writer. He was best known for his debut independent feature film Last Passenger.
Early life
Nooshin was born in
Early career
Upon graduation, Nooshin began making short films and commercials. During this time he took every opportunity to get close to film production, gatecrashing the sets of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In the late 1990s, Nooshin travelled to New York and spent much of his time at famed method acting institute The Actor’s Studio, watching others including Arthur Penn take drama classes. In 1999, his short film Panic, based on a true story of a carjacking gone awry, played at several international film festivals and opened doors with industry executives in London and Los Angeles. Soon after, Nooshin began writing feature scripts and signed with talent agency CAA.
Breakthrough
In 2008 Nooshin's script for
In a 2013 interview for his former college Nooshin expressed his view that "The film industry is built on a cultural fault line where the tectonic plates of art and commerce meet. As a filmmaker you should anticipate and be prepared to tough out frequent tremors and the occasional earthquake."[4]
Death
Nooshin died suddenly on 15 January 2018 at the age of 43.[5]
Filmography
Feature films
- Last Passenger (2013) (writer, director)
- Redivider(2016) (writer)
Short films
- Panic (1999) (writer, director, composer, actor, producer)
- Rooftop (1996) (writer, director, composer, producer)
Awards
References
- ^ "Praise for Farnham college graduate's 'really outstanding' train thriller". 8 August 2013.
- TheGuardian.com. 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Press Release : BIFA". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "UCA | University for the Creative Arts". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas. "Omid Nooshin, UK director of 'Last Passenger', dies aged 43". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
External links
- Omid Nooshin at IMDb