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Amir Cyrus Ahanchian (June 26, 1976) is a US-based comedy screenwriter and producer of Mexican and Persian origin. Amir is an entertainment economist and consults for Hollywood media technology companies, networks, and studios in new media, television, and film. Currently, Amir lives in Los Angeles, California.

Early Life and Background
Amir grew up in Houston, Texas and began a mentoring program for unfortunate youths. Furthermore, he took part in the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Marshall School of Business. He completed his graduation in 2004 with a complete tuition scholarship. In addition to it, he obtained two entertainment scholarship awards in 2004 and 2003.

1996-2002
Amir, by 20 years of age, had traveled across many countries for Amigos de Las Americas as a volunteer and played college football at Trinity University, a Division 3 major institute. He also played as an amateur boxer and for the US Air Force, he was selected. Upon graduation from Trinity University, Amir worked for Enron Investment Partners in venture capital. In his role, Amir excelled quickly through their commercial analyst training program.

During the three-year program, Amir obtained promotion and acquired the role of Lead Analyst in six months. It is generally a track that takes a period of three years. Amir was also the first analyst in the company to be an Originator and obtain the role of business development.

At Enron, Amir worked on his first entrepreneurial venture while working and raised funds to obtain funds and improve Big Bart’s Hot Sandwiches. It is a three-decade-old sandwich shop in Texas. Actually, for his work and contributions to Bart’s Hot Sandwiches, Amir came to be recognized as the Youngest Entrepreneur of 1999.

Amir, in 2000, left Enron after creating and selling his business idea of trading the advertisement time on television. Later on, it came to be recognized as Enron Media Services. After two years, Amir sold his interests in Hot Sandwiches and then took admission in school to pursue his career in media and entertainment.

2002-2004
In 2003, Amir created and produced his first documentary. This documentary was A Perfect World: Down to Science. Meanwhile, in 2004, Amir was named by Film Independent as one of the five inspiring and Future Screenwriters for An American Race. An American Race was Amir’s first feature-length screenplay.

2004-2005
In 2005, The Hitlors, a Hilton parody series was written and produced by Amir. Furthermore, in the same year, Amir worked as the manager of the unit production in Waking Dreams.

2006-2007
During the time period 2006-2007, Amir produced, directed, and wrote National Lampoon’s When Old People Attack! In addition, he also wrote TV: The Movie. TV: The Movie is an American parody film airing in 2006 and it featured many members of the cast from the Jackass franchise. Basically, the movie is a channel-stuffing adventure through different television commercials and programs.

It includes parodies of different television shows including Miami Vice, The Six Million Dollar Man, MTV Cribs, Cops, and Fear Factor. The movie is made up of a series of more than fifty sketches including computer animation, fake trailers, reality shows, and cartoons. The film was written by Amir Ahanchian, Preston Lacy, and Sam Maccarone.

2009-2010
In 2009, Amir wrote Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love in collaboration with Kyle Schmid and Wes Denton. In addition, Amir also directed the cancer research documentary. The writers interview a number of young celebrities of Hollywood, TJ Martell Foundation, and Chief Surgeon of Children Hospital Los Angeles, and even families having their children treated at CHLA. In the documentary, everyone shares their daily and regular experiences with cancer as celebrities are consistently inspiring others to learn how to manage and cope with cancer. In the same year, Amir also worked as an executive producer for Love Cures Cancer: Far East Movement Rocks Project Ethos.

Amir served as an executive producer for Love Cures Cancer: Jessica Hall's Haunted Mansion and Love Cures Cancer: Bruno Mars Rocks Project Ethos. In the same year, he produced Spotlight.

In 2010, Amir produced Open House and which was written and directed by Andrew Paquin. Open House is actually a thriller movie of 2010 and it features a cameo by Anna Paquin, the sister of the director. Open House originally premiered in 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film begins with an open house hosted by Carl, a real estate agent. As he finishes with the last couple that views the house, there is an arrival of a man who watches Carl for a short period of time before he hides in the basement. Even though Carl checks and observes the basement, he does not really see anyone.

After a run, Alice returns home and it is revealed by Carl that it has been quite difficult to interest potential buyers in the house. Eventually, Lila arrives at the house and David greets her. David has actually chained Alice in the crawlspace. There is a conflict among these characters. In the end, Alice is wounded severely and both David and Lila generally flee the house. The conclusion of the film comes when Lila tours another new house before she declares to the real estate agent that it feels like a home to her. One critic determined that “Open House is an above average film and Andrew Paquin’s calling card to Hollywood is sure to get noticed .”

2011
In 2011, Amir produced Cougars, Inc. in collaboration with Josh Monkarsh, Eli Wooten, Mickey Gooch, Barry Brooker, Dany Roth, Jack Schuster, and Graham Larson. Cougars, Inc. is a US independent comedy that is directed and written by Asher Levin. The film is actually about the adventures of a teenager and his friends as escorts to many older and attractive women. Cougars, Inc. primarily premiered on Showtime Network and then it premiered on Starz!

The cast primarily includes Kyle Gallner, Sarah Hyland, James Belushi, Kathryn Morris, Denise Richards, Maeve Quinlan, and Ryan Pinkston among others.

In 2011, Amir also wrote and directed Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips. It is a documentary that involves a number of professional athletes together with their personal trainers and they share their tips with viewers.

In 2011, Amir wrote and directed Love Cures Cancer II together with Kyle Schmid and Wes Denton. In this documentary, more celebrities and authorities are interviewed and it is conveyed how many cope with and manage cancer. Amir worked as an executive producer for Mic Check Live: Gladys Knight Rockumentary, Mic Check Live: Smash Mouth Rockumentary, and Mic Check Live: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Tyrese Gibson.

2012
In 2012, Cyrus Ahanchian produced Yellow in collaboration with Chuck Pacheco, Manu Kumaran, David Hillary, and Chris Hanley. Yellow is actually a drama film, which aired in the US and is written and directed by Heather Wahlquist and Nick Cassavetes. The film stars Lucy Punch, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, David Morse, Sienna Miller, Riley Keough, and Wahlquist. Yellow premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2013 and it even won the Audience Award. It originally premiered at Toronto Film Festival in 2012. During the $7 million production of the film, money was stolen by Cassavetes from the investors of Ahanchian and he was sued by them. However, after a short period of time, he returned the money.

When it comes to the plot of the film, Mary Holmes is primarily an elementary school teacher who lives in a hallucinatory world. In addition, Mary consumes around twenty Vicodin on regular basis. One day, she is laid off or fired from her job as she was caught having intercourse on Parent Teacher Day with one of the parents. When she returns to Oklahoma, she attempts to cope with everything that goes on in her life.

Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures Inc.
Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures Inc. was a US Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit case and it involved several skits’ disputed authorship. These skits appeared in TV: The Movie and it was released in 2006 in the US. Sam Maccarone directed the movie and it was written by Sam Maccarone, Preston Lacey, Steve-O, and Cyrus Ahanchian. The original decision was reversed in 2010 when the legal victory of Amir was used by the Ninth Circuit Court to enjoy lawyers throughout the US the right to obtain or take vacation time before the ending of a trial as professional civility.

In December 2010, afterward, Amir’s copyright legal win was ranked by LexisNexis as both the second and third Copyright Cases of 2010. In addition, as of 2022, Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures Inc. has been cited and used in more than 537 federal cases in the United States.

In 2007, Amir filed a case for the breach or violation of an implied contract after working as a screenwriter. He filed a case for unfair competition and copyright infringement against Xenon Pictures, Inc. in violation of the Lanham Act. He filed it against Preston Lacy, Sam Maccarone, CKrush Inc., Xenon Pictures, and Universal Music Group.

In the beginning, the judicial discretion was abused by a district court in denying requests for an extension of one week, which was a request by the side of Amir to file his opposition. An incorrect standard was also applied by the district judge in reviewing and analyzing the late-filed request. Therefore, the grant of summary judgment of the district court was reversed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and vacated the fees of award of attorneys of the district court while remanding the case.

Prospective Projects
In 1999, Amir left the Analyst Program of Enron to work in his role as Enron Media Services’ founder. Actually, this is what led him to take admission in the USC Film School and then enter the industry of entertainment. While working in the Enron Analyst Program, he served as a deal negotiator and venture capitalist.

At the age of 23, Amir raised funding to obtain a restaurant and he was consequently named the Youngest Entrepreneur of 1999.

As he led Adams Media Research’s division of Entertainment Economics and Finance, his economic forecasts and evaluations of the entertainment industry were published and cited in the Annual Report of SEC for Market Analysis.

In 2008, Amir Cyrus co-founded Love Cures Cancer, a Hollywood non-profit youth-oriented label that was established in the same year. Furthermore, he became the President of the non-profit agency.

In 2007, Mojoflo was founded by Amir and it is basically a multimedia strategy agency that partners marketers and advertisers with celebrity talent to distribute and produce sponsored media like movies, TV shows, concerts, and contests.

Other Ventures
In addition to filmmaking, Amir works with record labels, television networks, and major studios in the fields of international entertainment brand management, emerging media technology, network distribution economics, media library, and brand equity evaluations, and licensing management.

Amir co-founded Loves Cure Cancer and became the first President of the media label. It is a media label that is oriented and aimed at the youth and was established in 2008. With no salaries paid and no overhead, the label leads by example to actually leave the world better by joining different celebrities and authorities to increase funding and awareness for cancer research and improve the lives of children in treatment at CHLA or Children Hospital Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, in 2007, Mojoflo was founded by Amir and it is a multimedia strategy firm that collaborates directly with advertisers and celebrity talent for the distribution and production of sponsored media including movies, TV shows, concerts, and contests.

Filmmaking
Amir produced his first documentary, A Perfect World: Down to Science, in 2003. In addition, in the same year, Amir worked for Waking Dreams and served as the manager of the unit production. Amir wrote and produced The Hitlors in 2005, a major parody series. He produced, directed, and wrote, National Lamoon’s When Old People Attack! In 2007. In 2006, he wrote TV: The Movie. Basically, it is an American parody film and it featured several members from the franchise of Jackass.

In 2009, Amir worked on and wrote Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love. In 2010, he worked and produced Open House. Meanwhile, in 2011, Amir worked on the production of Cougars, Inc., and in the same year, he also wrote and directed Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips. In 2011, Amir also wrote and directed the sequel of a previous documentary on cancer and it came to be recognized as Love Cures Cancer II.

In 2012, Amir collaborated with Chuck Pacheco, Manu Kumaran, David Hillary, and Chris Hanley to produce Yellow.

Personal Life
Amir Cyrus was raised in Houston and is the son of an Iranian immigrant, Dr. Amir H. Ahanchian. In addition, Amir has an older sister who works in Washington, D.C as an International Trade and Customs Lawyer, Amie. Amir is of half Mexican and half Persian descent, and he volunteers often as a tutor and mentor to disadvantaged youths. In college, he was an amateur boxer. In 2012, Amir was diagnosed with dystonia, a movement disorder, rendering him disabled.

Amir has a passion for filmmaking, volunteer work, and even the writing and direction of documentaries that help disadvantaged youth.

Stolen Dog
In 2022, Amir’s English/French bulldog was stolen. The dog was being trained to help Amir in movement. A woman had shown up with a gun to Amir and his wife and reached in their car to steal the dog. The same week, the couple was contacted by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and they were informed that their dog had been located. Then, the puppy was reunited with his owners.

Prior to the identification of the dog by the police, Amir and his wife had created flyers for spreading awareness about the disappearance of their doctor and even offered a reward of $1,000 for valuable information. Amir said, “We are very thankful for the police and the local community. We are very grateful to have our family back together.”

Legacy
Amir Cyrus Ahanchian is a famous writer and producer, recognized for Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love II, Loves Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love, and Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips.

In 2004, Amir was named one of the five Future Screenwriters by Film Independent for An American Race, his first feature-length screenplay.

Awards and Recognition
Amir attended and participated in the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Marshall School of Business and he obtained a full-tuition scholarship for his time at the institute. Furthermore, at USC, he was awarded two entertainment economic awards in both 2004 and 2003. Meanwhile, in 2004, Amir was considered one of the five Future Screenwriters by Film Independent.

Amir’s film, Yellow was awarded Audience Award when it premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2013. In addition, with his legal victory over Preston Lacey, Amir contributed to the creation of 2 new legal statutes in the US. Both of these new statutes were ranked in 2010 as the top second and third copyright victories.

Filmography
Amir has written, co-produced, or directed 17 major films/documentaries.

References/Notes and references
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