Rusteen Honardoost

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Location
Los Angeles, CA
School
University of California San Diego
Expertise
Star Wars, Godzilla, Film History
  • Rusteen's live-action/stop-motion hybrid short film "Kaiju Kid" has played in film festivals across America.
  • His screenplays have been featured on The Blacklist's MuslimList, the ATX-Blacklist Writing Program, and more.
  • He is co-chair of Hollywood Labor and created The Snacklist, which raised over $95,000 to bring food, drinks, and supplies to the WGA/SAG-AFTRA picket lines in 2023.

Experience

Rusteen Honardoost is an Iranian American writer born in the Bay Area and raised in front of the TV. Forsaking a career in the tech industry, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a writing career. He has written for the BlackList Blog, the UCSD school paper The Guardian, and now /Film.

Education

Rusteen has a bachelor's degree in political science and visual arts (film and digital video) from the University of California, San Diego.

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