Iman Zawahry
Lecturer - Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology
Bio
Zawahry is an accomplished filmmaker whose films have shown in 100 venues worldwide. Her film “Tough Crowd” won a Student Emmy Award and qualified as a finalist in the NBC Comedy Short Cuts. She was a recipient of the coveted Princess Grace Award, which is dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging artists, for her film “UnderCover.”
Zawahry was a consultant on the television shows “The Odyssey” and “The Big C” and recently wrapped her directorial debut feature film. She is currently writing a feature that advanced to the final round of Sundance Writer’s Lab.
In 2014, Zawahry collaborated with the not-for-profit-organization Islamic Scholarship Fund to create the first-ever American-Muslim film grant that helps fund filmmakers who are presenting a positive narrative of Muslims in America.
News
- Iman Zawahry and New Film “Americanish” Featured in The Gainesville Sun (May 13, 2021)
- Iman Zawahry Discusses Filmmaking and Her Debut Film “Americanish” (May 4, 2021)
- CJC Honors Faculty, Staff and Students for Outstanding Scholarship and Service (April 16, 2021)
- Video: Iman Zawahry Discusses Filmmaking, Mentoring Young Muslim Artists, and Comedy for Social Change (March 18, 2021)
- Iman Zawahry Authors Blog Post on the Lack of Muslim Women in Lead Film Roles (November 23, 2020)
- All News About Iman Zawahry
Courses
Syllabi from the current and three previous semesters:
- RTV 3320 - Electronic Field Production - Spring 2021 (PDF)
- RTV 4929C - Narrative Collaborative Filmmaking - Spring 2021 (PDF)
- RTV 4929C - Narrative Collaborative Filmmaking - Independent Study - Spring 2021 (PDF)
- RTV 4930 - Islam, Media, and Pop Culture - Spring 2021 (PDF)
- RTV 3320 - Electronic Field Production - section 09E3-09E5 - Fall 2020 (PDF)
- RTV 3516 - Electronic Field Production II - section 1A78 - Fall 2020 (PDF)
- RTV 3945 - We Are CJC (Immersion Experience) - section 3E37 - Fall 2020 (PDF)
- RTV 3320 - Electronic Field Production - section All - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- RTV 4905 - Narrative Collaborative Filmmaking - section 03D3 - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- RTV 4929C - Narrative Collaborative Filmmaking - section 3233 - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- RTV 4930 - Islam, Media, and Pop Culture - section 01B9 - Spring 2020 (PDF)