Biography
Shah Motia is a lifelong New Yorker and first-generation American of Iranian immigrant parents. He speaks English, Spanish, and Farsi (Persian).
Shah loves movies and their directors. Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Boogie Nights, Beach Rats, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, No Country for Old Men, Tangerine, Do The Right Thing, Boys Don't Cry, Kids, Wendy & Lucy, Fight Club, Happiness, American Psycho, A Separation, City of God, La Haine, Respire (Breathe), Children of Men, Winter's Bone, Frozen River, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, The Savages...Coppola, Scorsese, Lumet, De Palma, The Coen Brothers, Darren Aronofsky, John Cassavetes, Kathryn Bigelow, Eliza Hittman, Tamara Jenkins, Kelly Reichardt, Courtney Hunt, Tarantino, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, A24, Killer Films, and Christine Vachon.
Shah is also a founding member of the band Ex Models, which was among the vanguard of New York City's punk renaissance. Their unique meld of post-punk, no wave, and industrial music earned critical international acclaim in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NME, and countless other outlets. They have headlined tours and supported acts such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Deerhunter, The Faint, Tortoise, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Les Savy Fav, Deerhoof, Hella, Erase Errata, and many others.
Shah is a graduate of Terry Knickerbocker Studio.
