Bavand Karim

Bavand Karim

Karim at the 2015 San Diego
Black Film Festival
Born Bavand Karimzadeh
(1979-02-10) 10 February 1979
Occupation Writer · Director · Producer
Years active 2007 - present
Website bavandkarim.com

Bavand Karim (born Bavand Karimzadeh; February 10, 1979) is an Iranian-American multi-media artist and filmmaker from Dallas, Texas.[1]

Education

Karim attended J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas.[2] He received the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Cinema and Television from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in 2010.[3]

Film and television

Karim's first original feature documentary, Nation of Exiles, screened internationally in Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, and the U.K.[3] His 2014 film, Hate Crimes in the Heartland, won the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Newport Black Film Festival.[4] Karim's major motion picture credits include The Hangover III, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anchorman 2, and Maps to the Stars.[5]

Karim is the executive producer of the original television series, Dingo Suede: Private Detective,[6] which received the 2014 Cincinnati Cable Access Blue Chip Award for Best Entertainment Program.[7][8] He also wrote and produced the organic lifestyle program Dig In DFW, which was broadcast on FOX 4 in Dallas,[5] and Ronnie & The Others, a Cincinnati-based talk show.[9]

Karim owns the independent production studio Be Positive Pictures,[1] and is a producer for the Emmy Award-winning documentary production company Lioness Media Arts.[10] He is a professor in the Visual and Media Arts program at Emerson College.[11]

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