Bavand Karim (born Bavand Karimzadeh, February 10, 1979) is an

Iranian-American Iranian-Americans, also known as Persian-Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship. Most Iranian-Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Irani ...

multi-media artist and filmmaker from

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

Education

Karim attended J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas. He received the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Cinema and Television from Meadows School of the Arts at

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

in 2010.

Film and television

Karim's first original feature documentary, ''Nation of Exiles'', screened internationally in Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, and the U.K. His 2014 film, '' Hate Crimes in the Heartland'', won the

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Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Newport Black Film Festival. Karim's film and television credits include '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', '' Knight of Cups'', '' Maps to the Stars'', ''

WACO Waco ( ) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2024 population of 146,608, making i ...

'', and '' SMILF''. Karim is the executive producer of the original television series, ''Dingo Suede: Private Detective'', which received the 2014 Cincinnati Cable Access Blue Chip Award for Best Entertainment Program. He also wrote and produced the organic lifestyle program ''Dig In DFW'', which was broadcast on FOX 4 in Dallas, and ''Ronnie & The Others'', a Cincinnati-based talk show. He also produced four seasons of ''Sing That Thing'', a New England regional vocal competition, on '' WGBH''. Karim owns the independent production studio Be Positive Pictures, and is a producer for the

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-winning documentary production company Lioness Media Arts. In 2014 he joined the visual and media arts program at

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...

as assistant professor.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karim, Bavand American people of Iranian descent 1979 births Living people Mass media people from Dallas Artists from Dallas American documentary filmmakers Television producers from Texas Emerson College faculty