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Shabnam Rezaei is a Kids TV show creator, director, producer and co-founder of Big Bad Boo Studios and VOD service Oznoz.[1] She is the director and producer of Hulu Original series The Bravest Knight, the first children's series with an LGBTQ protagonist.[2] The all-star cast includes T. R. Knight, Bobby Moynihan, Storm Reid, RuPaul, Wanda Sykes, Wilson Cruz, and Christine Baranski. The Bravest Knight won the 2020 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids and Family Programming.[3] Rezaei is the creator of the animated preschool series 16 Hudson,[4] which features a family with two dads, and families from various backgrounds such as Ireland, India, China and Iran. The series is based on Lili & Lola a mini-series created by Rezaei in 2015. [5] 16 Hudson currently airs on TVOKids, Ici Radio-Canada Télé, Knowledge Network, Amazon Prime Video, Discovery Kids, TFO, Oznoz, Vme Kids, and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal with Season 2 introducing a refugee family.[6] These episodes won the Mipcom Diversify TV Award in 2021 in Cannes, France, beating out Disney Junior's Mira, Royal Detective and the Cbeebie's JoJo & Gran Gran in the Preschool category. [7]

Shabnam Rezaei
NationalityIranian-American
OccupationChildren's television screen writer and producer
Notable work16 Hudson
The Bravest Knight
1001 Nights



Career


Rezaei created and produced 1001 Nights, an animated children's series based on stories from One Thousand and One Nights.[8][9] Every episode opens with the famous storyteller Shahrzad, King Shahryar, and kids Donyazad and Shahzaman.[10][11] The series won three Leo Awards for Best Animation Program or Series, Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series, and Best Overall Sound in an Animation Program or Series.[12][13]

Her first television series, Mixed Nutz, promotes diversity and multiculturalism through a group of friends from Iran, Korea, Cuba, Austria, and India.[14] The series was a continuation of their work Babak and Friends, and included the voice talents of Shohreh Aghdashloo, Parviz Sayyad, Ali Pourtash, and Catherine Bell.[15][16]

Her directorial work includes 16 Hudson, Lili & Lola,1001 Nights, and Mixed Nutz. [17]

Rezaei is also the creator of Persian cultural online magazine Persian Mirror.[18]


Personal life


Shabnam was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up in Vienna, Austria, where she attended the American International School Vienna. She studied Computer Science Engineering and German Literature at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She later obtained an MBA from the New York University's Stern School of Business. She speaks five languages. [19]


Filmography



Television


Year Title Notes
2018 - 2022 16 Hudson Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer (2 episodes)
2018 - 2020 The Bravest Knight Creator, Director, Executive Producer
2020-2022 ABC with Kenny G Creator, Director, Executive Producer
2015-2022 Lili and Lola Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer (8 episodes)
2012-2013 1001 Nights Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer (2 episodes)
2009-2010 Mixed Nutz Producer
2005 Babak and Friends Producer



References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shabnam Rezaei.
  1. "Empathy Through Storytelling with Shabnam Rezaei, Big Bad Boo". BC Creates Magazine. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Hulu Orders Big Bad Boo Toon with LGBTQ Lead". Playback Online. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ""The Bravest Knight," "Star Wars: Doctor Aphra" win 2020 GLAAD Media Awards". Playback Online. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. "TVO greenlights 16 Hudson". Playback Online. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. "Big Bad Boo gets TVO deal for new preschool series". Kidscreen Magazine. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. "Drawing on the Immigrant Experience: Big Bad Boo's '16 Hudson' Introduces a Refugee Family". Animation Magazine. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. "'It's A Sin', 'Dreaming Whilst Black' Among Winners at MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  8. "Forbes Interview with Shabnam Rezaei on Big Bad Boo". Forbes. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  9. "Huffington Post Facing Barriers: Shabnam Rezaei". Huffington Post. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  10. "PBS Series on World Literature 1001 Nights". PBS Documentary on World Literature 1001 Nights. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  11. 1001 Nights TV Series Property Page
  12. "2012 Winners by Name". Leo Awards. 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  13. "Big Bad Boo Sweeps the Leo Awards with 3 Wins". Shaw Multicultural News. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  14. "Mixed Nutz on CNN". CNN. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  15. "Producers help kids deal with Social Diversity". Vancouver Sun. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  16. Mixed Nutz Property Page
  17. "Big Bad Boo Heads to Oznoz". Kidscreen Magazine. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  18. "CNN interview with Shabnam Rezaei". CNN Interview. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  19. Richards, Sandra (June 20, 2010). "Shabnam Rezaei Biography". IMDb. Retrieved January 28, 2022.






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