SUCCESS DRIVEN, is a short film on the fast track to feature length transition. The original concept, a brainchild of celebrity fashion designer Lloyd Klein and emerging recording artist Mohammad Molaei, Nome d'Arte, Mohammad, was developed into screenplay form by director Scott J. Foster. Yancey Arias of NYC Films helms as director, with Klein, Gold Digger Music Productions, Arias and Foster producing. The film, starring Mohammad, is a breathtaking saga of a Middle Eastern singer who lands in America to become the most sought after musical talent in the world. The elegant cast includes Hollywood stars Steven Bauer (Scarface, Traffic) and Serena Scott Thomas (The World Is Not Enough).

 

The film’s October 13th, 2013 win for Best Audience at the 6th Annual Bel-Air Film Festival is one of many on a long list of accolades. It's previous awards include the Best Soundtrack win at the Action on Film International Film Festival 9 and nomination for the same category at the Idyllwild film Festival; the prestigious Merit Award at the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood and an Honorable Mention at the Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles.

 

Collaboration among artists has replaced competition as the buzzword that frames most of Klein’s conversations and new enterprises including this project.

 

For the film’s star, Mohammad, the project is the commanding debut of a career that he has prepared for his entire life. His intense training as a musician, actor, vocalist and now award winning song writer, together with his real life personal experience as a political émigré from Iran to Los Angeles, aligns with his creative ambition.

 

For Executive Producer and fashion mogul Lloyd Klein, who moved his fashion house from Paris to LA in 2000, participation in the production was a next step in integrating creative ideas that underscore his fashion acumen with storytelling on film. His well-known fashion influence on Hollywood’s recognizable faces has been significant particularly on the red carpet where his clientele and muses consist of the a-list celebrities that range from icon to ingénue.