SIMORGH
SIMORGH
Television (One-hour)
· Drama · 50 pages
Status: Spec
In this two-hander, a grieving Iranian-American teen hacker decides to take revenge on the white supremacist cop who murdered her mom, all while he is on a mission to hunt her down and kill her (THE NIGHT OF meets HUNTERS)
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Farzin Farzam
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Farzin is a 2023 Coverfly-endorsed writer. He was on Deadline for the 2024 Muslim List and the 2025 Georgia List. He was a finalist in Atlanta Film Festival, Stowe Story Labs, ScreenCraft Fellowship, and placed in Austin Film Festival and other competitions. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and came to the US on a scholarship for a Ph.D. in optics. He ...
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Having grown up in Iran during a tumultuous political time, Farzin's unique and eclectic background combined with his STEM expertise as a data scientist who graduated with a Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering allow him to write gritty, dramatic thrillers rooted in realism. His writing often focuses on characters that go through periods of self-exploration, stemming from his personal experience having lived as an agnostic in a religious country. With samples that are ready for the marketplace, Farzin would be a great addition to any writers' room.
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