Maaman Rezaee is a Los Angeles–based Iranian filmmaker and writer. Her work explores memory, political inheritance, and belonging, often threaded with dark humor. Born and raised in Iran, her early life as a political prisoner and member of a persecuted minority continues to shape the urgency and perspective of her storytelling.
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Her debut feature script Ashes won the 2024 Slamdance Screenwriting Competition and is currently in development through their mentorship program. It also advanced in major competitions including the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and NBC’s Launchpad Feature Competition.
Rezaee’s short Evanescence won the Programmer’s Award at the 2024 Virginia Film Festival and is currently on the festival circuit, screening at LA Shorts, Santa Fe International, and deadCenter. Her previous shorts have been featured at BlackStar, Anthology Film Archives, the Institute of Contemporary Arts LA, and multiple international and experimental venues.
She was recently named a fellow of the Writers Guild Foundation’s Access Program and shadowed Emmy- and Oscar-nominated director Steph Green on Duster, an upcoming HBO series created by JJ Abrams and LaToya Morgan. Rezaee holds an MFA in Film & Digital Arts from Temple University and formerly taught as an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. She’s currently developing her first feature, Ashes.