birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
tehran , iran 14 september 1962 zahra dowlatabadi
 zahra dowlatabadi filmmaker , animator
zahra dowlatabadi

zahra dowlatabadi -lrb- زهرا دولت آبادی -rrb- -lrb- september 14 , 1962 in tehran , iran -rrb- is an iranian filmmaker .
she received her masters degree at usc in film studies in 1986 .
she was tapped by asifa-hollywood to produce the 39th annie awards which took place at ucla 's royce hall on feb. 4th 2012 .
dowlatabadi 's most recent film credit is as an executive producer on the documentary entitled lady of roses -lrb- 2008 -rrb- written , produced and directed by mojtaba mirtahmasb .
dowlatabadi partnered with catherine winder to write producing animation .
published by focal press in 2001 and translated in chinese , korean and persian , the 2nd edition of producing animation was released in sept. 2011 .
in 1996 , dowlatabadi first started as a production manager and was later promoted to associate producer on warner bros. .
feature animation studio 's quest for camelot .
she also managed a small team to help space jam meet its production goals .
additionally she produced a psa for unicef on the topic of children 's rights .
prior to working at warner bros. .
feature animation , dowlatabadi first served as co-producer and then producer on the land before time sequels at universal cartoon studios for which she won an annie award in 1996 .
she also assisted director joe johnston on the pagemaster .
in 1991 dowlatabadi joined the feature animation team at hanna-barbera studios .
she worked on once upon a forest where she learned to navigate animation production in studios located in spain , argentina , australia , denmark and taiwan .
from animation to documentary production , dowlatabadi was hired to work with director albert magnoli and producer alastair bates to create a short film about prince in 1989 .
beforehand , she took the job of the production manager on the tv series peter pan and the pirates .
subsequent to that project , dowlatabadi joined disney television production as an associate producer on goof troop .
dowlatabadi entered the animation world when she joined the world famous japanese animation studio tokyo movie shinsha , serving as an art coordinator for 65 episodes of bionic six and then as the post-production coordinator for .
she was the production manager on the of winsor mccay 's little nemo working with brian froud , corny cole , ken anderson and ken mundie .
