Sahar Jahani
American screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sahar Jahani is an American writer, known for working on several popular television series, including 13 Reasons Why, and Ramy.[1] In 2020 she was hired to write an adaptation of Uzma Jalaluddin's novel Hana Khan Carries On for Pascal Pictures.[2][3]
Sahar Jahani | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | screenwriter |
Educational career
Jahani graduated from film studies at the University of California at Irvine, in 2013.[1][4] In 2019, as a successful alumnus, she was invited to join a panel on the changing landscape of film/television creation and distribution at Zotfest, the school's student film festival.[5]
Film career
In February 2019 Jahani was a founding member of Muslim Women in Film & Television.[6]
Filmography
| title | role | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Matter | director | 2017 | Earned her the 2017 Islamic Scholarship Fund Film Grant.[7] |
| Ramy | screenwriter | 2019 | A comedy series about Muslim-Americans, broadcast on Hulu.[8] |
| 13 Reasons Why | screenwriter | 2019 | A series revolving around teens struggling with the surprising suicide of a peer. |
| Just One Night | director | 2019 | A short film that premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival in 2019.[9] |
References
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