Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri: Director | Screenwriter | Playwright
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Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri

Director | Screenwriter | Playwright

RECENT COLLABORATIONS

DIRECTING SIZZLE REEL

SCREENPLAYS

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DON'T FORGET

Romantic Dramedy Musical

When a timid closeted Chicana takes her rambunctious dying grandmother back to their ancestral Mexican village, they both get more than they bargained for when they each start unusual romances that will reveal long-held secrets.
• 8/10 on The Black List
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MO'ALLEM (THE TEACHER)

Coming-of-age | Drama

When a brilliant Muslim teenager finds out she must give up her career ambitions for an arranged marriage, she secretly fabricates an identity as a school teacher to get an America visa and escape the morning of her wedding.
• 8/10 on The Black List
• Finalist: 2021 Austin Film Festival
• Selection: 2022 Stowe Story Labs
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BROKENHEARTED MAGIC

Period Dramedy

After running away from her sheltered home life to join an all-female troupe of misfit magicians, a young Latina must help them devise an illusion to conquer their most challenging show yet: racially segregated Las Vegas.​
• The Screenplay Mechanic's Top 10 Features of 2021
• Semi-Finalist: ScreenCraft Screenplay Competition

FEATURED WORK

Suicide Prevention PSA
Promo for OVO
MO'ALLEM Concept Trailer
Lighting Design | Meghan Trainor x Zumba
Los Angeles Time Lapse Film
Product Launch Film
ZHC Media | Series
Charlies Pancakes | Short Film

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY

AERIAL PANORAMAS

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Affiliations

Logo of LatinX Directors, a diversity board that screenwriter and director Nerris Nassiri is a member of.
Logo for cinematic arts society that screenwriter Nerris Nassiri is a member of.
Logo of LFC, which screenwriter Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri is a member of.
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