Bio:
Iman Zawahry was born in Panama City, Florida in 1980. To get through the mundane and interesting societal norms of Panama City, Iman and her friends used movies and their young imagination to pass the time. They created spoof productions of the Arsenio Hall show and 90210, complete with full commercial breaks in between. Breaking away from family tradition of medicine, Iman received her bachelors at the University of Florida where she received a BA in Religion and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. After graduation Iman worked as a free-lance journalist with Bridges TV, the first American Muslim Television network. Continuing her childhood dream, Iman attended Florida State University Film School where she received her Masters. Iman has been on over 50 sets and her films have show in over 40 festivals. Her third film “Tough Crowd,” won an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Student Emmy Award and the Award of Merit at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. “Tough Crowd” also qualified as a finalist in the NBC Comedy Short Cuts where Iman was a finalist to pitch a sitcom with NBC executives. The Directors-In-Training program at NBC nominated Iman as a finalist for its exclusive program. Iman was a recipient of the Princess Grace Award and recently finished shooting the film “UnderCover” that she produced, directed, and co-wrote.

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http://www.undercovershort.com