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Notable work | Searching, All About Nina |
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Natalie Qasabian ( Armenian: Նաթալի Գասապեան) is an American film producer based in Los Angeles. She is best known as a producer of the films Searching, All About Nina and Run.
Qasabian attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Shortly after graduating, she produced a short film titled Join the Club, directed by Eva Vives, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. [1] Qasabian also went on to receive an MBA in business from Pepperdine University. [2] [3]
Qasabian and Vives developed Join the Club into a feature film, titled All About Nina, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Common. [4] All About Nina premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 and was acquired by The Orchard. [5]
Qasabian went on to produce three films for the Duplass Brothers Productions, including Duck Butter directed by Miguel Arteta and starring Alia Shawkat. [6] In the episodic space, she produced one of Snapchat’s first scripted series’ Co-Ed, which the New Yorker called out as having “the most formally inventive episode of television in 2018.” [7] [8]
In 2016, Qasabian developed and produced Searching alongside fellow producer and often collaborator Sev Ohanian. [9] Searching is directed by Aneesh Chaganty, co-written by Chaganty and Ohanian, and stars John Cho and Debra Messing. The film premiered at Sundance in 2018 and sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. Searching was made on a budget of under a million dollars and went on to gross over $75M at the box office. [10] The film also received multiple awards including, the Sundance Next Audience Award and Alfred P. Sloan Award. [11]
Qasabian and Ohanian produced Run, a thriller directed by Chaganty and starring Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen for Lionsgate. [12] [13] Run was expected to be released on Mother's Day weekend 2020, but due to the coronavirus outbreak [14] was released on Hulu on November 20, 2020 instead.
Qasabian has also produced Missing [15] and executive producing a series for HBO MAX titled The Future. [16]
During the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Qasabian was the recipient of the Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Producers Award for Narrative Filmmaking for her film Run. [17]
Born in the United States, Qasabian is of Armenian descent. She is married to fellow director Sev Ohanian. [18]
Natalie Qasabian | |
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Alma mater | |
Occupation | |
Years active | 2015–present |
Notable work | Searching, All About Nina |
Spouse |
Natalie Qasabian ( Armenian: Նաթալի Գասապեան) is an American film producer based in Los Angeles. She is best known as a producer of the films Searching, All About Nina and Run.
Qasabian attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Shortly after graduating, she produced a short film titled Join the Club, directed by Eva Vives, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. [1] Qasabian also went on to receive an MBA in business from Pepperdine University. [2] [3]
Qasabian and Vives developed Join the Club into a feature film, titled All About Nina, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Common. [4] All About Nina premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 and was acquired by The Orchard. [5]
Qasabian went on to produce three films for the Duplass Brothers Productions, including Duck Butter directed by Miguel Arteta and starring Alia Shawkat. [6] In the episodic space, she produced one of Snapchat’s first scripted series’ Co-Ed, which the New Yorker called out as having “the most formally inventive episode of television in 2018.” [7] [8]
In 2016, Qasabian developed and produced Searching alongside fellow producer and often collaborator Sev Ohanian. [9] Searching is directed by Aneesh Chaganty, co-written by Chaganty and Ohanian, and stars John Cho and Debra Messing. The film premiered at Sundance in 2018 and sold to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. Searching was made on a budget of under a million dollars and went on to gross over $75M at the box office. [10] The film also received multiple awards including, the Sundance Next Audience Award and Alfred P. Sloan Award. [11]
Qasabian and Ohanian produced Run, a thriller directed by Chaganty and starring Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen for Lionsgate. [12] [13] Run was expected to be released on Mother's Day weekend 2020, but due to the coronavirus outbreak [14] was released on Hulu on November 20, 2020 instead.
Qasabian has also produced Missing [15] and executive producing a series for HBO MAX titled The Future. [16]
During the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Qasabian was the recipient of the Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Producers Award for Narrative Filmmaking for her film Run. [17]
Born in the United States, Qasabian is of Armenian descent. She is married to fellow director Sev Ohanian. [18]