Pouya Shahbazian

Founder and CEO

Staircase Studios AI

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Pouya Shahbazian is the CEO & Founder of Staircase Studios AI. He is BAFTA-nominated film & television producer with extensive experience in book-to-film adaptation and rights management. He was previously named to the Hollywood Reporter's NextGen "35 Under 35" list of industry up-and-comers and the Publishers Weekly "Star Watch" honoree list of the brightest new talent in the publishing industry. His film & TV credits include: Producer of the DIVERGENT film franchise, BAFTA Award-nominated AMERICAN HONEY, Fox 2000's LOVE, SIMON, and Netflix' SHADOW & BONE TV series.