Kasra Farahani

Kasra Farahani born March 1 1978 is an Iranianborn American production designer director and writer Born in Iran and raised in Los Angeles after his family fled the Islamic Revolution he developed an early interest in drawing architecture and industrial design later studying at ArtCenter College of Design from 1997 to 2000 He began his career in the art department as an illustrator and concept artist Farahani transitioned to production design on longform and independent projects serving as production designer on the digital miniseries Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn 2012 for which he won a Streamy Award for Best Production Design His most prominent work has been serving as production designer on Marvel Studios Loki shaping the shows retrofuturist timebending aesthetic He earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program for the episode Glorious Purpose and won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for One Hour or Fantasy SingleCamera Television Series for the same episode He later received an additional Art Directors Guild nomination for season 2s Ouroboros as well as recognition from the Set Decorators Society of America Beyond designing the aesthetic of the series he wrote and directed an episode of the second season and also served as a staff writer for the season Alongside his design career Farahani pursued writing and directing He made his narrative directing debut with the short film Noon 2013 which was optioned for feature development and later directed the features The Good Neighbor 2016 and Tilt 2017 also serving as writer and producer on selected projects