Zahra Dowlatabadi (Persian: زهرا دولت آبادی; born September 14, 1962) is an Iranian-born American filmmaker and film producer.
Feature Animation, Dowlatabadi first served as co-producer and then producer on the Land Before Time sequels at Universal Cartoon Studios for which she won an Annie award in 1996.
She worked on Once Upon a Forest where she learned to navigate animation production in studios located in Spain, Argentina, Australia, Denmark and Taiwan.
From animation to documentary production, Dowlatabadi was hired to work with the director Albert Magnoli and producer Alastair Bates to create a short film about Prince in 1989.
Subsequent to that project, Dowlatabadi joined Disney Television Production as an associate producer on Goof Troop.