Marjan Tehrani

Executive Producer & Director @Tru Films - Content That Moves You

New York, NY, US

Marjan Tehrani is an independent director and Executive Producer from Berkeley, California. She received a BA in Community Studies an MFA in Media Arts Production with an emphasis in documentary, from the City University of New York.She co-founded the production company Tru Films, and has since directed and produced several independent documentaries. Her Israel, which premiered on the Sundance Channel in 2004, Arusi Persian Wedding, a feature documentary co-produced with PBS and premiered on the PBS series, Independent Lens. Her latest producing credit is the documentary, P-Star Rising, a feature film that follows a young female rap star phenomenon as she fulfills her father\'s deferred dreams of making it in the music business. P-Star Rising has premiered at festivals worldwide and premiered on Independent Lens during the 2009/10 season. Currently Tehrani is co-co-writing a fiction feature film that she plans on directing. Beyond her independent work, she has senior produced several original series for television, including a six part docuseries for MAX, four seasons of dLife TV on CNBC and the Emmy-nominated After School Series which broadcast on WNYE-PBS, which featured celebrity alumni such as Harvey Keitel and Tim Robbins, returning to their urban high schools as role models. She has also produced for several television networks including, The Food Network and VH1, and has created branded content for major commercial companies such as Meta, Time Inc, Condé Nast, Samsung and Sony Pictures Classics. Through Tru Films, Tehrani is dedicated to promoting dialogue between cultures, sharing the intricate and subtle aspects of identity and capturing the transformative moments of human experience.

The City University of New York

MFA, Documentary Film

University of California, Santa Cruz

BA, Community Studies