Sahand Nikoukar is a San Francisco based filmmaker drawn to stories about culture and technology. His current screenplay, “Centaur,” is the recipient of a Sloan Stories of Science Development Grant from SFFilm and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and it takes a satirical behind-the-scenes look at the campaign of the first ever AI candidate for President of the United States.
Previous projects include “Driver 113,” a psychological noir thriller about the automation and gamification of our daily lives through technology, and “The Magic Shoes,” which was the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, Fotokem Film Grant, Triumph Award by the Peter Glenville Foundation, and has screened at international festivals including TIFF Kids, Cleveland International, and the Doha Film Institute.
Sahand received a BA in Film Studies and Theater & Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Film & Television Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts where he also taught sound design as an Adjunct Lecturer until 2020. He currently resides in beautiful San Francisco, CA writing and developing projects for stage and screen.