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]
Sahar Jahani | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | screenwriter |
Educational career
editJahani graduated from film studies at the University of California at Irvine, in 2013.[1][3] 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.[4]
Film career
editIn February 2019 Jahani was a founding member of Muslim Women in Film & Television.[5]
Filmography
edit| title | role | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Matter | director | 2017 | Earned her the 2017 Islamic Scholarship Fund Film Grant.[6] |
| Ramy | screenwriter | 2019 | A comedy series about Muslim-Americans, broadcast on Hulu.[7] |
| 13 Reasons Why | screenwriter | 2019 | A series revolving around teens struggling with the surprising suicide of a peer. |
| Just One Night | director | 2019 | A short film that premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival in 2019.[8] |
References
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"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.
- ^ "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.
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"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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Talent Guide: Sahar Jahani, Bio". Film Independent. 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.