By: Vickie J. Rubinson
Popular Iranian American actor, writer, producer and comic, David Diaan will be appearing in the upcoming film "The Stoning of Soraya M," which opens in June and debuts at the Los Angeles Film Festival in a few weeks.
I interviewed Diaan at a Middle Eastern themed party in Beverly Hills tonight. He was the top comic and host of the evening.
"I play the role of Mayor Ebrahim in the film. It's quite controversial and was based on a book written by a Persian author."
Diaan says he never received formal training as an actor and that the art just came naturally to him.
"I never went to acting school, but I loved acting and that's what I decided to pursue," he says matter-of-factly.
Popular Iranian American actor, writer, producer and comic, David Diaan will be appearing in the upcoming film "The Stoning of Soraya M," which opens in June and debuts at the Los Angeles Film Festival in a few weeks.
I interviewed Diaan at a Middle Eastern themed party in Beverly Hills tonight. He was the top comic and host of the evening.
"I play the role of Mayor Ebrahim in the film. It's quite controversial and was based on a book written by a Persian author."
Diaan says he never received formal training as an actor and that the art just came naturally to him.
"I never went to acting school, but I loved acting and that's what I decided to pursue," he says matter-of-factly.
Diaan was born in Tehran during the glory days prior to the Islamic Revolution. He moved to the U.S. to continue his studies in radio and television at the University of Missouri, but never returned to his homeland due to the changes in the social and political environment.
By 2001, he focused most of his attention on feature films.
His screenplay entitled "The Apology" won first prize in the 2004 Slamdance Screenplay Competition. In 2007, he founded Sublime Entertainment. He is currently working on his one man show "I Vill Survive."
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