Farhad Shadravan is an award-winning director, cinematographer, producer, and editor with an extensive track record in long and short form documentary filmmaking.
Farhad has a true director's eye and showcases his gift for composition in all his projects, whether it be short or long format narrative nonfiction for NGOs like the Ford Foundation or the Jane Goodall Institute, news networks such as CNN or TRT, or for commercial clients, including Home Depot, Steady, and Yotta. He also has the honor of working with the International Olympic Committee as a mentor to young reporters. His documentary short, Ghost in a Can: Glue Made Me a Ghost, shot on location in Cambodia, took viewers to the streets of Kampong Som, and showcased the horrific life of glue-sniffing street children. The intimate and gritty portrayal of addiction helped the M'lop Tapang organization in their efforts to create a safe haven for street children as they worked to reintegrate them into society.
As part of an ENG team, Farhad is also adept at run and gun shooting and quick turn editing, and brings to the table more than a decade’s worth of experience as an international news shooter, editor and producer with CNN International.
During his time at CNN, Farhad traveled throughout war zones, documenting some of the world’s most harrowing stories in such a way that made the viewer feel like they were experiencing the event first hand.
Farhad conducted one of the very first television interviews Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai prior to her being shot. It was Farhad’s interview footage that CNN distributed worldwide leading to an outpouring of global support for the young girl as she fought for her life.
Along with creative partner Gena Somra and team, Farhad was most recently nominated for an Emmy award for the short form documentary about the 60th anniversary of the Eichmann Trial for CNN.
Previous awards include a George Foster Peabody, a New York Festivals and Asian Festivals award as cinematographer for the long format documentary Nepal’s Stolen Children featuring actress Demi Moore.
A native of Louisiana, Farhad received his B.F.A in Film and Video from California Institute for the Arts.
Farhad is also fluent in Farsi.
