Kamshad Kooshan [SEP] educated at
Moonlit Garden, a collection of short stories published by Raha Press.
Since graduating from San Francisco State University and studying at American Conservatory of Theater, Kamshad Kooshan has written and directed three short films, with the last one, The Last Illusion touring such venues as American Film Institute and UCLA Film & Television Archive. He has taught at the Graduate Motion Picture & Video department of Academy of Art University in San Francisco for four years.
With hard work by Kooshan, in 1998 the screenplay for Surviving Paradise attracted producers
class family. His father Abbas Kooshan, was deputy to the former Prime Minister, Mr.Ali Amini, while he was at the Ministry of Treasury.
His Uncle, Dr. Esmail Kooshan, a Berlin educated film lover with a PHd, who brought professional filmmaking into Iran and established Mitra Film and later on Pars Film, the only movie studio with a back lot in Iran for years. As a director & producer, he was the major force in shaping the mass view of films in Iran.
Kamshad Kooshan