American born filmmaker Caveh Zahedi received a BA in Philosophy at Yale University and a MFA in Film Production at the UCLA School of Film and Television. After years of making experimental films, Zahedi’s first feature-length film, A LITTLE STIFF (1991), premiered in competition at Sundance and his second feature, I DON'T HATE LAS VEGAS ANYMORE (1994), received the Critics’ Prize at the 1994 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Caveh’s has gone on to produce other notable works such as IN THE BATHTUB OF THE WORLD, a one-year video diary in which he filmed one minute of his life each day for an entire year, and UNDERGROUND ZERO, a response to the events of 9/11 (co-produced with filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt). His short WORM (2001) was presented at the 2002 IFFR and his film I AM A SEX ADDICT screened at IFFR in 2005. Most recently, Zahedi’s feature, THE SHEIK AND I (2012), was banned in the United Arab Emirates for blasphemy before premiering at the 2012 SXSW, where it was named best film at the festival by Film Comment.