Title Comedian/Filmmaker Company Bio Iranian-American comedian/filmmaker Negin Farsad was recently named one of the 50 Funniest Women by the Huffington Post. She has written, directed and/or performed on various series for MTV, Comedy Central, PBS, Nickelodeon, and IFC and web shows for AOL and MSN among others. You can frequently see her spinning political jokes on shows like Current TV’s The Young Turks and CNN’s Joy Behar Show. She is director of the upcoming docu-comedy THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! (featuring Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Janeane Garofalo). She also directed the award-winning comedy feature NERDCORE RISING (featuring Weird Al Yankovic, Prince Paul).