2024
Interview in ShoutoutLA: Meet Neda Davarpanah
Featured in The Hollywood Reporter: Women in Film Sets 60 Members for 2024 WIF Fellowship Program With Industry Mentors
Selected for the Women in Film 2024 Writer Fellowship
Invited talk: DSA-LA, Summer of Solidarity: A Conversation About What’s Next for Labor in Hollywood
Featured in OneFilmFan: Indie Film Review “Bird of Paradise”
Featured in Take2IndieReview: The Price of Fame…
Selected for Coverfly’s Pitch Week & signed with Bellevue Productions for literary representation
Invited webinar: USC School of Cinematic Arts, Women of Cinematic Arts Young Alumni Panel
Interview in Canvas Rebel: Meet Neda Davarpanah
Bird of Paradise is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Tubi
2023
Bird of Paradise is an Official Selection of the Silicon Beach Film Festival
Bird of Paradise premieres at the TCL Chinese Theatre
Signed with So Cal Talent Agency for theatrical & commercial representation
Interview on Pod Damn America podcast: Big Sky Country w/ Neda Davarpanah
2022
Selected for the Mentorship Matters BIPOC Writers Initiative
Promoted to Director of Publicity + Partnership of the Women of Cinematic Arts
Invited webinar: Pacific Screenwriting Panel, First Jobs in the Writers Room
Invited webinar: USC School of Cinematic Arts, 6th Annual Feminist Media Festival
Co-founded DSA-LA Hollywood Labor’s film screening series
Returned to the writers room of The Recruit for Season 2
2024
Interview in Voyage LA: Check Out Neda Davarpanah’s Story
2023
Co-wrote Episode 205 of Netflix original series The Recruit
Co-founded DSA-LA Hollywood Labor’s strike support initiative The Snacklist
Joined the Writers Guild of America (WGA-W) as a Television Writer & Screenwriter
Interview in Bold Journey: Meet Neda Davarpanah
Selected for Coverfly’s Endorsed Writer Program
Winner, Best Actress, Bird of Paradise, at the Swedish International Film Festival
Bird of Paradise wins Best Thriller at the Montelupo Film Festival
2021
Interview in IndieWire: IATSE Contract Ratification Vote Begins
Interview in The Guardian: Union Seeks Hollywood Ending for Film Industry’s Tale of Exploitation
Interview in The Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood’s Socialism Boom: Emboldened Leftists Agitate for Radical Change
Interview on Pod Damn America podcast: YAHTZEE w/ Neda Davarpanah & Kate Zasowski
Cast as Kat Forouhar in Bird of Paradise from Equilibria Pictures
Joined the writers room of Netflix series The Recruit for Season 1
2020 and earlier
Invited webinar: USC School of Cinematic Arts, 5th Annual Feminist Media Festival
Co-founded The Red List screenplay competition
Co-founded DSA-LA Hollywood Labor’s “Champagne Socialism” community building series
Joined board of DSA-LA Hollywood Labor as Membership Coordinator
2020 and earlier
Invited talk: Script Anatomy, Writers Room Support Staff
Graduated summa cum laude from the USC School of Cinematic Arts
Studied at l’Institut Catholique de Paris in Paris, France
Winner, College Television Award, presented by the Television Academy
Founded the 1st annual Feminist Media Festival at USC
Awarded a screenwriting scholarship by the Bijan Amin Student Support Fund
Published in Elite Daily as Vice President of the USC Campus Ambassador Program
Presented at the Thematic Option Research Conference at USC
Panelist on Trojan Vision’s weekly roundtable talk show Platforum: Domestic Politics
Interview in USC News: Making the Most of a Simmering Summer
