Montana Mann is a Persian-American award-winning writer/director from Virginia, who currently resides in Los Angeles. Her commercial work, music videos, and short films have accumulated over 25 million views online. Her latest short film, Azi, world premiered at Palm Springs International Film Festival ShortFest and won the SAGindie Award at HollyShorts. She sold an original series pitch to Universal, and Sony optioned her true crime drama series. As part of the MENA/SWANA diaspora, her work explores the journey of finding one’s identity, as a female living between two cultures.