Films
Polaris - Narrative Feature - 2017
Writing and Directing
"An Iranian-American war photographer and her husband, take refuge in their neighbor's house after a bomb is discovered in their apartment building. Secrets are revealed from night to dawn."
Producers: Christina Jo'leigh, Mahdi Davari
Executive Producers: Mahdi Davari, Bahram Radan, Soudabeh Moradian
Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Writers: Naghmeh Samini, Soudabeh Moradian
Line Producer: Christina Jo'leigh
Director of Photography: Pierluigi Malavasi
Sound Mixer: William B. Kaplan
Composer: Karen Homayunfar
Casting Director: Farrah West
Production Designer: Jennifer Williams
Costume Designer: Nicki Stewart
Script Supervisor: Lori Franklin-Garcia
Makeup Artist: Phoebe Dawson
Project Manager: Ali Bazel
Production Consultant: Justin Hogan
Production Coordinator: Allison Scott
Photographers: Lydia Mary Hicks, Darrin Van Gorder
Production Companies: Cinematic Artistry, Sahara Pictures
Cast: Bahram Radan, Alicja Bachleda, Coby Ryan McLaughlin, Elisabeth Rohm, Tasha Smith
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I Was Born Yesterday - Documentary - 2014
Directing and Editing
"I was born yesterday" is an observational documentary in which portrays day-to-day life of a young disabled man in Tehran with no comment.
Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Director of photography: Mehdi Ganji
Sound: Arash Dianat
Director of photography: Mehdi Ganji
Sound: Arash Dianat
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Burnt City - Documentary - 2012
Directing and Editing
Burnt City is an experimental collage of different footage -- some shot in Los Angeles and some of folk dancing in the ruins of an archaeological site located in the southeastern part of Iran: a significant urban settlement from the Bronze Age called "Burnt City." The director has intertwined the LA footage and the original footage to create an internal poetic journey to Burnt City through image and sound editing.
Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographers: Amin Aslani, Soudabeh Moradian
Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Song: Shirmohammad Espandar
Poem: Rumi
Cinematographers: Amin Aslani, Soudabeh Moradian
Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Song: Shirmohammad Espandar
Poem: Rumi
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Making of "Susan's Remembrance" - Documentary - 2011
EPK director
Making of' Directed / Shot and Edited by Soudabeh Moradian
Screenplay / Produced by David Bianchi
Written / Directed by Ryan LeMasters
Co-Produced by Christina Jo'Leigh
Starring: Kinga Philipps - David Bianchi - Christina DeRosa
Screenplay / Produced by David Bianchi
Written / Directed by Ryan LeMasters
Co-Produced by Christina Jo'Leigh
Starring: Kinga Philipps - David Bianchi - Christina DeRosa
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With Iranian - Documentary - 2010
Writing, Directing and Editing
Five short documentaries about successful Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles.
Producer and Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Les Chroniques D'Iran (chronicles of Iran) - Documentary -2009
Writing, Directing and Editing
Iranian director Soudabeh Moradian films the daily life of her country, as she sees it, as she lives it, without comment
Writer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Mehdi Ganji
Producer: Anne-Florence Garnier (Arte TV)
Cinematographer: Mehdi Ganji
Producer: Anne-Florence Garnier (Arte TV)
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Doomsday Machine - Documentry - 2006 ~ 2009
Writing, Directing and Editing
This Documentary deals with the mentally disabled war veterans in one of the permanent sanatoriums in Tehran. One of them "Mahmood" is under an illusion that he has built a "doomsday machine" which can destroy the world by pressing a button.
Producer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographers: Rosette Ghaderi, Soudabeh Moradian
Executive producer: Reza Elais Grami
Sound mixer: Reza Narimi zadeh
Cinematographers: Rosette Ghaderi, Soudabeh Moradian
Executive producer: Reza Elais Grami
Sound mixer: Reza Narimi zadeh
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Outspoken - Los Angeles - Documentary - 2007
Associate producer
Documentary that focuses on both Veterans and civilians in Los Angeles that fight the American occupation of Iraq
Associate producer: Soudabeh Moradian
Producer and Director: David Bianchi
Producer and Director: David Bianchi
Voices Against Them - Documentary - 2007
Producer, Co-Director and Editor
A different version of Outspoken: Los Angeles: Documentary series that focuses on both Veterans and civilians in Los Angeles that fight the American occupation of Iraq.
Directors: Soudabeh Moradian, David Bianchi
Cinematographer: Inigo Oleaga
Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Producer: Ali Ladoni
Cinematographer: Inigo Oleaga
Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Producer: Ali Ladoni
Iranian Rural Women (II) - Documentary - 2002 ~ 2003
Writing, Directing and Editing
Women's life and work in rural areas of Iran
Writer and Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographers: Rosette Ghaderi, Amin Aslani, Farshad Mohammadi
Editors: Soudabeh Moradian, Amin Aslani, Afsaneh Asadi
Producer: Ali Ladoni
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My name is tomorrow - Fiction Series - 2003
Writing, Directing and Editing
Short narrative pieces about the Iranian teenagers and their struggles in home and school.
Writer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Salman Hamzeh pour, Rosette Ghaderi
Producer: Farideh Tonkaboni
The Savage Sunflowers - Feature - 2004
Editing
Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Director: Noor Mohammad Ashoori
Producer: Mohammad Ali Tavakoli
Director: Noor Mohammad Ashoori
Producer: Mohammad Ali Tavakoli
Story of the land on ashes - Documentary - 2001
Writing, Directing and Editing
Along with demolition of Afghanistan by Taliban Forces and invasion of US army, there are vast immigration of people and emotional collapse of Afghani women
Writer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Producers: Ali Ladoni, Azin Fazaeli
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Green and being in love - Documentary - 2001
Writing, Directing and Editing
A documentary series about successful Iranian rural women
Writer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Writer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Producer: Ali Ladoni Ali Ladoni
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Producer: Ali Ladoni Ali Ladoni
Nexus - Documentary - 2000
Writing, Directing and Editing
A Cultural TV Magazine
Directors: Soudabeh Moradian, Amir Pouria
Producer: Amir Hassan Nedaei
Producer: Amir Hassan Nedaei
Mahin - Documentary - 1999
Writing, Directing
MAHIN is a girl who was shocked when Iraq bombed Tehran. she is now mentally disabled and spends a lot of time in a hospital. This film is about her life and her family
Writer and Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographers: Rosette Ghaderi, Farshad Mohammadi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Producer: Iranian Young Cinema Society- kelk-e- Khial company
Cinematographers: Rosette Ghaderi, Farshad Mohammadi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Producer: Iranian Young Cinema Society- kelk-e- Khial company
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Rain for surviving - Documentary -1997
Writing, Directing and Editing
About Rain and water in Iran
Writer and Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Producer: Ali Ladoni
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Producer: Ali Ladoni
Iranian Rural Wome (I) - Documentary - 1997
Writing, Directing and Co-editing
Women's daily Life in rural areas of Iran.
Writer and Director: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Producer: Ali ladoni
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Editor: Mehdi Asadi
Producer: Ali ladoni
Exploring Iran - Documentary - 1997
Directing and Editing
A Mutlmedia CD about Iran
Writer, Director and Editor: Soudabeh Moradian
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
Cinematographer: Rosette Ghaderi
The Last Survivor - TV Series - 1996
Acting
Actress: Soudabeh Moradian
Director: Mehdi Ghassemi
Producer: IRIB
Director: Mehdi Ghassemi
Producer: IRIB
The Leader of Caravan - Short Film - 1996
Writing, Directing and Editing
The spiritual journey of a young carpet weaver.
Director: Majid Beheshti
Producer: IRIB
Producer: IRIB
Cherry Garden - TV Series - 1992
Acting
Director: Majid Beheshti
Producer: IRIB
Producer: IRIB
Summer's Children - TV Series -1991
Acting
Director: Abbas Randjbar
Producer: IRIB