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2017
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- I was inspired by that and focused on an aspect about my life that I thought was unique—my father is from Pakistan and my mother is from the not-so-ethnically-diverse state of New Hampshire. I grew up in a multi-racial, multi-religious household.
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Apr 21, 2023 · “ There were two different production companies who said they loved the script but would only be interested in financing if I would change Ray’s ethnicity to either half-African American or half-Latino. South Asians aren’t a proven movie-going demographic is what I was told, so the companies didn’t want to finance a movie for such a ...
Mar 30, 2009 · March 30, 2009 7:59 am. In Jaffar Mahmood’s “Shades of Ray,” American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray’s Caucasian mother threw him ...
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Biography. Jaffar Mahmood [Jah-fur Ma-mood] was born and raised in Toms River, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and his M.F.A. from The Peter Stark Producing Program USC. The issues Jaffar faced growing up bi-racial became the inspiration for his feature directorial debut, Shades of Ray.
Jaffar Mahmood. Director: The Great. Jaffar Mahmood is known for The Great (2020), Young Sheldon (2017) and Reboot (2022).
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Jaffar Mahmood [Jah-fur Ma-mood] was born and raised in Toms River, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and his M.F.A. from The Peter Stark Producing Program USC. The issues Jaffar faced growing up bi-racial became the inspiration for his feature directorial debut, Shades of Ray.
Shades of Ray is a 2008 independent film written and directed by Jaffar Mahmood. The film stars Zachary Levi as a half- white , half- Pakistani male wrestling with his mixed identity while waiting for his girlfriend to respond to his marriage proposal.
Jaffar Mahmood. Director: The Great. Jaffar Mahmood is known for The Great (2020), Young Sheldon (2017) and Reboot (2022).
