Amir Cyrus Ahanchian

Amir Cyrus Ahanchian (born June 26, 1976) is an American comedy screenwriter and producer of Persian and Mexican origin. In addition, he is an entertainment economist that consults for the major Hollywood studios, networks, and media technology companies in the fields of film, television, and new media.
Ahanchian was raised in Houston, Texas where he started a mentoring program for less fortunate youths. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Marshall School of Business where he graduated in 2004 on a full-tuition scholarship. Additionally, while at USC, he won two entertainment economic scholarship awards in both 2003 and 2004.
In the spring of 2004, Film Independent (formerly IFP) named Ahanchian as one of five “Future Screenwriters” for his first feature length screenplay, An American Race '.
In 2003, he produced the documentary A Perfect World: Down to a Science. In 2005, he directed, produced, and wrote the Hilton parody web series The Hiltors. In 2005, he served as the unit production manager for the film Waking Dreams. In 2007, he wrote, directed, and produced National Lampoon's When Old People Attack!.
By 20 years of age, Ahanchian traveled internationally as a volunteer for Amigos de Las Americas, played college football at Division 3 power house Trinity University, was an amateur boxer, and selected as a pilot for the US Air Force. After graduating from Trinity University, Ahanchian worked in venture capital for Enron Investment Partners, where he excelled rapidly through their notoriously competitive commercial analyst training program. Within the three year program, Ahanchian was promoted to Lead Analyst within six months, a track that normally takes three years. He was also the first analyst to skip the Associate MBA position to become an Originator for business development. While still working at Enron, Ahanchian endeavored upon his first entrepreneur venture by raising funds to acquire and expand Big Bart's Hot Sandwiches, a 30 year old established sandwich shop in Houston, TX. For his work with Bart's Hot Sandwiches, at 23, Ahanchian was named Laredo National Bank's Youngest Entrepreneur of 1999. In October 2000, he left Enron after developing and selling it his business idea for trading television advertisement time, which later became Enron Media Services. In 2002, Ahanchian sold his investment interests in Bart's Hot Sandwiches and returned to school to pursue a career in entertainment and media.
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