About...

. ersheng Vaziri was born in Tehran, Iran and raised

there, until she came to the US to continue her studies.

She received her Masters of Arts from New York University

and worked in documentary films in Boston, New York

and Tehran. She has worked for Internews Network, an

international media company that promotes dialogue

through media programs in societies in conflict.

She has been location producer for several PBS projects

for Internews and other production companies, that focus

on women, such as Vis a Vis: Beyond the Veil and

Adventure Divas, Iran episode. She has written articles on

the situation of cinema and journalism in Iran and has

taught filmmaking in Boston.

She has produced and directed several personal

documentaries: Journal from Tehran, 1987 a memoir of

war days in Tehran, a prize winner which was broadcast

on television and shown in many cultural and university

outlets. Far From Iran, was commissioned by New England

Foundation for the Arts in 1990; A Place Called Home,

1998, is about the filmmakers decision to leave the US to

live in Iran, and is distributed by Women Make Movies at

major art centers and museums, such as the Museum of

Natural History in New York, Boston Museum of Fine Arts,

The Chicago Film Institute, Pacific Film Archives of San

Francisco and others; her new work, Women Like US,

is her latest documentary film.