K-Michel Parandi
K-Michel Parandi, (Kay Parandi), is born on 14 November 1981 in Tehran (Iran). He is a film director specializing in speculative, conceptual and futuristic advertising for TV.
Biography
Born during the war of 1980-1988, his parents were Architecture students but very active as political opponents and under surveillance of the political police of Iran. Exiled from their home country, they left everything behind and decided to hide in Yugoslavia before heading to Hamburg, Germany, where he was briefly schooled before the family finally settled in Paris, France. K-Michel grew up and studied in Nantes, Angers and then Paris, before leaving for New York City where he currently resides. He is represented by the Endeavor Talent Agency as a writer and film director.
K-Michel received his first degree in mathematics and economics, his second in film directing and his third in philosophy from the Paris X University Nanterre.
Aliases: Kay Parandi, Kouhyar Parandi, K Parandi.
Filmography
Short films
- Minuit 14 (Awarded best storyboard and visual conception at the 2005 Société Parisienne des Images Nouvelles, at Paris Film Festival.)
- 360° à l'ouest
- Mains virtuoses
- Spleen
- Mémoire d'un monstre
Commercial direction
- Sci-fi channel
- Lancome
- Audi
- Sony
- Biocity corp
Feature Films
- Dust Motion (Studio movie currently in development by MNP Enterprise)[1] to be co-directed with Mathieu Kassovitz, main actor in Amélie, or Munich (Steven Spielberg), and director of Babylon AD and La Haine.
- Nature of April (scheduled 2012)
Prizes and Nominations
- 1999 : Best young person's project, awarded by "Toit Angevin" and the mayor of Angers, (Jean-Claude Antonini)
- 1999 & 2000 : Best screenplay by a student, at the European film festival of Angers.
- 2005 : Best visual conception, Paris film festival 2005.
- 2008 : Nominated for an Emmy Award.
- 2008 : Nominated for a Clio Award.