EP 3 - Directing Your Path with Jasmin Mozaffari
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About the episode
This week on the podcast we discuss navigating the industry when you are an emerging filmmaker, directing TV as a racialized woman and exploring a work-life balance with writer/director Jasmin Mozaffari.
In this episode, we discuss:
Navigating the industry as an emerging filmmaker
Directing TV as a racialized woman
Exploring work-life balance
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About the Guests:
Dubbed by Variety as a “major talent” and a “young Andrea Arnold”, Jasmin Mozaffari is a film & television writer/director based in Toronto. Her debut feature, FIRECRACKERS, premiered at TIFF in 2018 and won Best Film at the Stockholm International Film Festival. In 2019, Jasmin took home the award for Best Director at the Canadian Screen Awards. FIRECRACKERS was lauded by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, LA Times, was listed on Vulture Magazine’s “Best Films of 2019” list, and was named a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Jasmin has branched out into directing television for networks like Netflix, HULU, Global, and CBC. She most recently directed the pilot and co-exec produced the Netflix series, FAKES, as well as 2 episodes of ROBYN HOOD, created by Director X.
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Host: Yazmeen Kanji
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