Maryam Keshavarz
Maryam Keshavarz is an Iranian-American writer, director, and producer. Her first narrative feature, Circumstance, won the Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, best debut film at the Rome Film Festival, the Audience Award at Outfest, and a dozen other awards. Maryam's sophomore feature Viper Club starring Academy Award Winner Susan Sarandon had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2018. The Persian Version, an epic dramedy of migration, family, and the secrets we keep, that traverses decades and toggles between the United States and Iran, is Maryam’s third feature premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Main US Competition. The Persian Version won rave reviews as well as the Audience Award making Keshavarz the only director in Sundance history to win the Audience Award twice.