ASSAL GHAWAMI is an award-winning screenwriter, producer and comedian based in New York City.

As a German, Iranian, American, and vertically challenged woman, Assal has learned to never take NO for an answer. She can yodel in proper German, yell in Brooklyn English and she is well skilled in the poetic art of Persian negotiation: TAROF.

Based on a study about the Middle-East conflict which Assal and her best friend conducted on the phone this morning, while simultaneously overplucking her eyebrows, Assal concluded that:

"The world is totally going to shit, and I need an eyebrow transplant!”

When she’s not deep in the trenches of political analysis or conjuring up life-changing numerology advice for her perpetually single friends (because clearly, the universe has a plan for her their love lives), Assal is either juggling indie film productions or moonlighting as a filmmaking teacher. Because who wouldn’t want to learn the art of cinematic magic from someone who can also tell you how many soulmates you’re destined to have based on your birthday?

Whenever Assal is asked about her role as a teaching artist at Naked Angels’ free community programs, Assal takes great delight in dispelling any misconceptions: She firmly reeiterates that while creativity knows no bounds, work clothing is non-negotiable and wardrobe must be worn at all times !!!

Assal’s upcoming feature film is written to cost nothing, mean everything, and—drumroll, please—attach YOU as the producer! So if you want to jump on this golden opportunity, get in touch NOW! Before she sells her script—which has changed names more often than the Gaza Strip has seen ceasefires—to a certain oil-rich nation. (You know the one; they have more money than they know what to do with... and they’re still trying to figure out TikTok.)