Shamoon successfully worked in advertising for many years before trying screenwriting, first as a hobby, but eventually as a career. He studied the craft under veteran story editor Nika Rylski and wrote several scripts, some of which were optioned.[1]In Darkness, based on Robert Marshall's book In the Sewers of Lvov (1991), marked his first attempt to adapt a book for film. Shamoon garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards.[1]
Shamoon has since tackled several new projects which are in various stages of development.
^Bloom, Nate (February 21, 2012). "Interfaith Celebrities: Oscar Time! Jewish/Interfaith Nominees". interfaithfamily.com. The adapted screenplay is by (non-nominee) David Shamoon, 64, a Canadian who was born in India. He's the son of Iraqi Jews who fled Iraq following the infamous 1941 Baghdad pogrom.
david, shamoon, canadian, screenwriter, best, known, screenplay, film, darkness, 2011, directed, agnieszka, holland, film, nominated, academy, award, best, foreign, language, film, 2012, life, career, editshamoon, born, raised, india, iraqi, jewish, refugees, . David F Shamoon is a Canadian screenwriter best known for his screenplay for the film In Darkness 2011 Directed by Agnieszka Holland the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012 1 Life and career editShamoon was born and raised in India the son of Iraqi Jewish refugees of the 1941 Farhud in Baghdad 2 1 3 He attended Cathedral School in Mumbai now the Cathedral amp John Connon School His family moved to Iran where he attended Community School Tehran He moved to the United States for college graduating from Boston University in 1970 That year he moved to Canada 1 Shamoon successfully worked in advertising for many years before trying screenwriting first as a hobby but eventually as a career He studied the craft under veteran story editor Nika Rylski and wrote several scripts some of which were optioned 1 In Darkness based on Robert Marshall s book In the Sewers of Lvov 1991 marked his first attempt to adapt a book for film Shamoon garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 32nd Genie Awards 1 Shamoon has since tackled several new projects which are in various stages of development References edit a b c d e Canadian roots grow at Oscars The Chronicle Herald February 17 2012 Bloom Nate February 21 2012 Interfaith Celebrities Oscar Time Jewish Interfaith Nominees interfaithfamily com The adapted screenplay is by non nominee David Shamoon 64 a Canadian who was born in India He s the son of Iraqi Jews who fled Iraq following the infamous 1941 Baghdad pogrom Bloom Nate February 15 2012 Jewish Stars Oscar time Cleveland Jewish News External links editDavid F Shamoon at IMDb nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian screenwriter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David F Shamoon amp oldid 1174997158, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
