Anahid
Nazarian grew up in Los Angeles. She earned a B.A. degree
in Music Performance from UCLA, playing violin, flute,
alto saxophone, and bass guitar in a variety of musical
groups ranging from symphony orchestras to hard rock
bands. Switching careers to the film industry in 1981,
she began working for Francis Ford Coppola's company
American Zoetrope as director of Zoetrope‘s research
library, and has continued her long-time collaboration
with Mr. Coppola for over 20 years as his script editor
and script supervisor. In addition to her work on Coppola's
films, she has worked on screenplays with many notable
writers, including Ronald Bass, Arnold Schulman, Mario
Puzo, David Peoples, John Le Carre, Paul Schrader, and
Sofia Coppola.
Her
screen credits include One From The Heart, The Outsiders,
Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, Mishima, Peggy Sue Got
Married, Gardens Of Stone, Tucker, The Godfather Part
III, Bram Stoker‘s Dracula, Jack, John Grisham's
The Rainmaker, and The Virgin Suicides.
