Today we’d like to introduce you to Borna Moinpour.
Hi Borna, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I was born and raised in a big family in Tehran, Iran. My grandparent’s house was the hub for us, and still now, every time I have a dream about my family and Iran, it takes place in that house and its double-story backyard. As I got older, the family got smaller, and they finally sold the house. From then, I decided to become an architect to somehow rebuild that house. I moved to San Francisco in 2018, and after seven years of studying and practicing architecture, I realized that it was about those stories and memories that took place inside the house and not the surrounding concrete walls. In 2021, I got into the Film and Television Production MFA program at USC to study film.
Having been surrounded by the warmest sound community in SCA, I got interested in recording and designing Sound for the motion picture. And now that I look back, I’m so happy to have taken that leap of faith, being surrounded by the most beautiful people I can call my friends and family.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It definitely wasn’t a smooth one. After all, I like the road bumpy! Every struggle gives me the chance to learn from it and appreciate the life I’m living. Everything was new for me when I transitioned into film. New country, new industry, new people. SCA helped a lot in smoothing the transition. I’ll think again when I graduate!
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
As an extreme introvert, everything I do is to express my emotions. I won’t talk if I don’t want to! Most of the works I create are related to something that I miss from my childhood. Maybe it’s a dream that I had when I was six or about someone I had met in the school and have forgotten about. It’s not necessarily a nostalgic sensation, but could be something that I’ve never witnessed before, but it feels right. I always love the idea of coincidental encounters. I never knew why I met my close friends it just felt right at the moment, and I kept feeding it to make it keep feeling right.
Any big plans?
I never imagined that I would end up in the sound world. I would like to keep going deeper and explore it more and more. Recording production sound gives me such relieving feeling, always present at the moment, listening. Same for the post-production sound design and mixing. I love witnessing finishing a product; unlike architecture, where I never got the chance to experience the finished product!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bornamnpr/
Image Credits
Personal Photo (BnW) @Harry (Wingyu) Chen
