- Was considered as a candidate for Project Greenlight (2001) Directing Category, created by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
- Was considered a candidate for the TV reality show On the Lot (2007), created by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett.
- Was chosen as a semi-finalist and considered for the DGA/ABC Television Directing Fellowship Program in 2007.
- Her Short Film Body of Work (2006) was nominated for the Best Shorts Category in Canada at the Female Eye Film Festival in 2006.
- Won the Women In Film scholarship in the year of 2000.
- Born in Persia and raised in Germany.
- Graduated from California State University, Long Beach in 2002 with the Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, receiving his bachelor degree in Film & Electronic Arts.
- Is a fan of James Newton Howard for the musical score.
- Her favorite drama movies are Erin Brockovich (2000), Mystic River (2003), and American Beauty (1999).
- Her favorite action movies are Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Die Hard (1988), The Bourne Identity (2002) , The Fugitive (1993), and Léon: The Professional (1994).
- After graduating from Highschool in Germany, she obtained a work opportunity at Endemol Entertainment, a television production company, where she worked for three years.
- Completed High School Diploma in Germany.
- Received an internship position on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).
- Received an internship position with James Cameron company, Lightstorm Entertainment.
- Started traveling the world at the age of five.
- Enjoys race car driving, tennis, basketball, badminton, and weightlifting.
- She is fluent in German, Farsi, and English.
- Was an extra (female trooper) in Starship Troopers (1997) directed by Paul Verhoeven.
- Good friends with John McCook and his family.
- Her fundamental goal is to create big budget action movies.
- Attended same university; Cal. State Long Beach, as Steven Spielberg.
- Close friends with cinematographer Don E. FauntLeRoy, producer Cindy Clark and director Bill Eagles.
- Cal. State Long Beach invited to screen her movie Plot 7 (2007), followed by Q&A.
- Her signature work (screenplay) "Magic Land" formerly called "Stranger in a Strange Land" was completed after six years.
- When she was younger, her aspiration was to become a professional tennis player.
- Seeks pleasure in paintings and remarkable painters including Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and 'Leonardo Da Vinci'.
- Her father was an Engineer.
- Prior to the revolution in Persia, her mother worked in the Navy. In addition, she received her Bachelor's Degree in English Literature.
- At the age of four, her mother and she moved to Washington DC for one year.
- Moved with her family to Toronto, Canada in 1996 where they resided for six months.
- Moved to the US with her family in 1997.
- Left Persia in 1986 with her family and moved to Germany where they resided for eleven years.
- The name "Farnaz" is an Old Persian expression meaning "Glorious Beauty.".
- Her passions include traveling and meeting diverse individuals from different parts of the world.
- Likes spending quality time with family.
- Her older half-sister is married and lives in Toronto, Canada.
- She decided to seek a professional career in the entertainment business. She is the first family member who followed her desire as an artist.
- Close friends with Barney Burman.
- Good friends with Valerie McCaffrey.
- Director David Twohy is her mentor.
- On November 21, 2008, she became an American Citizen.
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