Iran

 (the Islamic Republic of) Iran

Human name: Shirin (Sharon) Rezadi

Age: 36

Birthday: April 1st

Personality: Rezadi is a friendly woman, if a bit reserved. She has a preference for listening, rather than talking, and analyzing rather than empathizing. A lot of this is taken for either arrogance or shyness, but really she’s just quiet. She regards paparazzi with indifference, if not outright scorn. (Unless they are polite and not looking for tabloid fodder.)

Toward her actors, she is only a little warmer at first. She’s very much like a female Stanley Kubrick then, enforcing method acting to get it just right, having multiple takes done to see which one is the best, and otherwise pushing them to their limits. Most of it is just to see what those limits are, and to get a great picture of course. She does praise her actors when it’s obvious that’s the best they can do, very kindly and proudly like a parent. You really have to prove to her if a scene just doesn’t work. After that initial limit finding period, she opens up considerably, sometimes showing pictures of her three children.

Many of her films are darker than you would expect of a plot line by a different screenwriter/director. Her comedies are very few and far between. She enjoys directing miniseries when she’s attached to adaptations. She also has a running sexual interpretation in her films, as well as BDSM references, all which she will deny when asked about. Vehemently.

A lot of this is due to her profession during college, which she keeps a well-guarded secret, except for a riding crop she keeps with her on set, which she says is because she was an equestrian and likes to gesture with it, however one must question what kind of life would create such a composed and domineering woman.

Job: Director, Producer, and Screenwriter.

Talents: Shirin has a knack for people. She understands them well enough to guess at their limits and get them to it, as well as how far is too far. She also enjoys sewing and weaving rugs, usually giving them to the Salvation Army, relatives, or actors who’ve put up with her nagging for more than two movies.

Also, she’s pretty gifted as a director and screen writer, allowing for adlibbing and taking criticism. She also practiced Kung Fu To’a as a child, but let that fade into the background of her life when she had her first child, Anahita, in 1991.