Jaffar Mahmood

Jaffar Mahmood Jahfur Mamood was born and raised in Toms River New Jersey He received his BA in Economics from Tufts University and his MFA from The Peter Stark Producing Program USC The issues Jaffar faced growing up biracial became the inspiration for his feature directorial debut Shades of Ray Executive produced by Jake Kasdan New Girl the independent film stars Zachary Levi Chuck and won awards at film festivals around the world In 2013 Jaffar was a member of the inaugural Warner Bros Directors Workshop From there he directedcreated Courtside a short comedic web series that got the attention of executives at HBO They invited Jaffar to shadow on the HBO comedy The Brink In late 2014 Jaffar booked his first network television directing gigNBCs About a Boy