Sara Zandieh is an Iranian-American filmmaker based in New York. Her short film, The Pool Party received a jury award at the Tribeca Film Festival, Best Student Short at Cinequest, and went on to play festivals worldwide. She was the Associate Producer on the feature film Handsome Harry starring Jamie Sheridan and Steve Buscemi. In 2009, Sara was awarded a Fulbright grant for filmmaking in Istanbul and in 2010, was selected for a directing workshop at the French national film school, La Fémis, where she wrote and directed the comedic short Deadline. She holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University.