Ali Reza Askari

Ali Reza Askari was born on August 8th 1987 in New York, then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, then to Paradise Valley, Arizona. Ali lived in Phoenix until he was 14 then he moved to Miami, Florida with his mom and sister. He was in Miami from his 8th grade year till his Junior year in high school then he moved back to Phoenix with his dad for his senior year at Arcadia high school. Ali came up with the idea for Addicts a few days before his 18th birthday and from then till the end of his senior year he wrote as much as he could in his spare time. Ali graduated Arcadia in the spring of 2006 and started film school in the Fall at NYFA in Los Angeles. Dropped out of film school in December of 2006, was filming Addicts in February of 2008 and was in the Hollywood Black Film Festival of June 2009. As of now is currently attending the LA film school