Cyrus Ahanchian
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| Cyrus Ahanchian | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 26, 1976 West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| Other names | Amir Cyrus Ahanchian, Cyrus, See Why |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1998–present |
Cyrus Ahanchian, also known as Amir Cyrus Ahanchian, Cyrus, and See Why, (born 1976)[1] is an American executive producer, film director, producer, entrepreneur, philantrophist, and screenplay writer. As an executive producer he has also had involvement in legal work. Formally he was a venture capitalist and deal negotiator.[2]
Background[edit]
From 1998 to 2000, Ahanchian was a venture capitalist and deal negotiator for Enron Investment Partners and its Houston Economic Opportunity Fund, LP, which benefited its charity partner, Covenant House.[3] The primary investment directive of this Enron Economic Development Corp (EEDC) was to invest both capital and consulting strategies into growing urban businesses as well as those owned by women and minorities.[4] According to its CEO/President Gene Humphrey, “EEDC employees helped these inner city companies and community entrepreneurs develop a business plan, a marketing campaign or a new management structure. They even sit on the company's board of directors, if that was deemed necessary.[5]
During this time Ahanchian trained in quantitative analytics through the Enron Analyst Program and on October 24, 1999, he founded Enron Media Services, a digital trading platform engineered to buy and sell 30-second television advertising spots from the American Broadcast Television Networks, including NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX. Thereafter, Ahanchian simultaneously attended the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where he graduated with an MBA in 2004, as well as the Business of Entertainment Program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
He is the founder and president of Mojoflo Productions, a production company which organically brands advertisers with celebrities and athletes. From 2008 to 2014, Ahanchian served as the President and Co-Founder of the goodwill multimedia organization, Love Cures Cancer, which produced a series of red carpet live events, concerts, and celebrity promotions for the benefit of children who were being treated at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Legal work[edit]
Ahanchian vs. Xenon Pictures, Inc.[edit]
After working as a screenwriter on the feature film, National Lampoon's TV: The Movie, Ahanchian filed a case[6][7][8] for breach of an implied contract, copyright infringement, and unfair competition in violation of the Lanham Act against distributor Xenon Pictures, Inc., producer CKrush, Inc., director and writer Sam Maccarone, and Preston Lacy, a writer and actor in the film.[9] As a result of his legal victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, LexisNexis ranked Ahanchian’s copyright victory as both the #2 and #3 Copyright Laws of November 2010, when two new Case Laws were established in the American legal system:[10]
1. Because the author clearly demonstrated the "good cause" required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6, and because there was no reason to believe that the author was acting in bad faith or was misrepresenting his reasons for asking for the extension, the district court abused its discretion in denying the author's timely motion for an extension.
2. As a collection of independent skits, a movie was a collective work under 17 U.S.C.S. § 101, with distinct copyrights for each skit under 17 U.S.C.S. § 201(c), and since an author testified producers stated only yes, no, or go back to it when he read them his skits, joint authorship was not shown; summary judgment to the producers was reversed.
— Copyright & Trademark Law Community Staff, "Intellectual Property - Top Cases", LexisNexis (3 December 2010)
The Good Cause Law of Civility[edit]
The Good Cause Law of Civility ensures that Cases are tried upon their merits. There is a four-factor equitable test to determine excusable neglect. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6, when an "act may or must be done within a specified time, the court may, for good cause, extend the time on motion made after the time has expired if the party failed to act because of excusable neglect." Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1).
To determine whether a party's failure to meet a deadline constitutes "excusable neglect," the Court "must apply a four-factor equitable test, examining:[11]
1. the danger of prejudice to the opposing party;
2. the length of the delay and its potential impact on the proceedings;
3. the reason for the delay; and
4. whether the movant acted in good faith.
— United States District Court, N.D. California
Yellow law suit[edit]
As part of his role of Executive Producer in the film Yellow, Ahanchian acted as a go-between investors and producers and a defendant in court. He addressed tax credit and funding issues which is also the role of an Executive Producer. The film was successfully completed and subsequently won the "Best Film" award at the Catalina Film Festival.[12][13]
Filmography[edit]
Executive Producer[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Yellow | Executive Producer | [13] |
| 2011 | Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips | Documentary Executive Producer | [14] |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Smash Mouth Rockumentary | TV Movie Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love II | Documentary Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Cougars Inc. | Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Gladys Knight Rockumentary | TV Movie Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Tyrese Gibson | TV Movie Executive Producer | |
| 2010 | Love Cures Cancer: Jessica Hall's Haunted Mansion | TV Movie Documentary Executive Producer | |
| 2010 | Love Cures Cancer: Bruno Mars Rocks Project Ethos | Documentary Executive Producer' | |
| 2010 | Spotlight | Short Producer | |
| 2010 | Open House | Executive Producer | |
| 2009 | National Lampoon's When Old People Attack! | TV Movie Producer | |
| 2009 | Love Cures Cancer: Far East Movement Rocks Project Ethos | Documentary Executive Producer | |
| 2009 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love | Documentary Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | A Perfect World: Evolution Down to a Science | Documentary Short Producer |
Director[edit]
| Year | Title | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips | Documentary | [14] |
| 2011 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love II | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Gladys Knight Rockumentary | TV Movie | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Tyrese Gibson | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | National Lampoon's When Old People Attack! | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love | Documentary |
Production Manager[edit]
| Year | Title | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Waking Dreams | Unit Production Manager |
Writer[edit]
| Year | Title | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips | Documentary creator | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Smash Mouth Rockumentary | TV Movie creator | |
| 2011 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love II | Documentary creator / written by | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Tyrese Gibson | TV Movie creator | |
| 2010 | Love Cures Cancer: Jessica Hall's Haunted Mansion | TV Movie documentary creator | |
| 2010 | Love Cures Cancer: Bruno Mars Rocks Project Ethos | Documentary creator | |
| 2009 | National Lampoon's When Old People Attack! | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Love Cures Cancer: Far East Movement Rocks Project Ethos | Documentary creator | |
| 2009 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love | Documentary creator / written by | |
| 2006 | TV: The Movie | uncredited |
Editor[edit]
| Year | Title | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love II | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Gladys Knight Rockumentary | TV Movie | |
| 2011 | Mic Check Live: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Tyrese Gibson | TV Movie | |
| 2010 | Love Cures Cancer: Jessica Hall's Haunted Mansion | TV Movie documentary | |
| 2009 | National Lampoon's When Old People Attack! | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Love Cures Cancer: Take a Chance on Love | Documentary |
Miscellaneous[edit]
| Year | Title | Status | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Cougars Inc. | electronic press kit: Producer/Director |
Self[edit]
| Year | Title | Status | Character | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Headline News | TV Series | Himself - USC Student Filmmaker |
Awards and Honours[edit]
Ahanchian was an executive producer for the film Yellow which was awarded "Best Film" at the Catalina Film Festival on September 22, 2013.[12]
On December 3, 2010, LexisNexus ranked Ahanchian’s copyright victory in the landmark case, Ahanchian v. Xenon, as both the #2 and #3 Copyright Laws of November 2010.[10]
In 2002, Ahanchian was awarded a full-tuition MBA scholarship by the Consortium Graduate School of Management, to attend USC’s Marshall School of Business. While at the University of Southern California, Ahanchian was the first and second annual scholarship recipient of the Larry Auerbach “Dean's Award for The Study of the Business of Entertainment” at the USC Cinema-Television Program.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Biographical summaries of Notable People". myheritage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Cyrus Ahanchian". Film Independent. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ Buggs, Shannon (July 25, 1999). ""Venturing out/ An Enron Corp. venture-capital fund that invests in inner-city enterprises is making the energy industry giant a partner in a variety of businesses"". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-08-16 – via newsbank.com.
- ↑ "No Charity Cases". Forbes. Oct 16, 2000. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ↑ Barrionuevo, Alexei (2002-02-27). "Fund Run by Lay's Son Is Worried Its Investors". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ↑ "Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc". The Recorder. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ↑ "Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc. | Loeb & Loeb LLP". loeb.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ↑ "Ninth Circuit Overturns Summary Judgment in Dispute Over Movie Rights". metnews.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ↑ "Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Top 10 Copyright Cases for the Month of November 2010 - Intellectual Property". Lexisnexis. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ↑ Gano v. Wells Fargo Bank, Na (Case No. 16-cv-04358-JSW), October 31, 2017, retrieved 2021-08-17
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Moon River Studios has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Nick Cassavetes' Yellow". Moon River Studios. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gardner, Eriq; Gardner, Eriq (2011-07-25). "Nick Cassavetes' New Film Imperiled By Lawsuit (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Pro Athlete Workout: Fitness Insider Tips (2011)". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
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