Shabnam Rezaei

Shabnam Rezaei is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Big Bad Boo Studios and oznoz.com. She is the co-creator of Mixed Nutz a TV series to promote diversity and multiculturalism through a group of friends from Iran, Korea, Cuba, Austria, and India.[1] The series was a continuation of their work “Babak and Friends – A First Norooz”, which included the voice talents of oscar-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo, Parviz Sayyad, Ali Pourtash and Catherine Bell. Mixed Nutz aired on PBS, Shaw TV, Family Channel Finland and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal[2] among other channels.[3]

Shabnam was the first producer to animate the famous collection of stories from One Thousand and One Nights into a series television format for children[4] and created the television series 1001 Nights.[5] Every episode opens with the famous storyteller Shahrzad, King Shahryar, and two kids Donyazad and Shahzaman.[6] The series airs on Teletoon, Disney, CBC Radio-Canada and other channels.[7]

She is also the creator of Persian Cultural magazine PersianMirror.com.[8]

References

  1. "Mixed Nutz on CNN". CNN. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. "Producers help kids deal with Social Diversity". Vancouver Sun. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. Mixed Nutz Property Page
  4. "Forbes Interview with Shabnam Rezaei on Big Bad Boo". Forbes. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  5. "Huffington Post Facing Barriers: Shabnam Rezaei". Huffington Post. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  6. "PBS Series on World Literature 1001 Nights". PBS Documentary on World Literature 1001 Nights. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  7. 1001 Nights TV Series Property Page
  8. "CNN interview with Shabnam Rezaei". CNN Interview. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

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