Natalie Qasabian Explained

Natalie Qasabian
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Years Active:2015–present
Notable Works:Searching, All About Nina

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.

Early life

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]

Producing career

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]

Personal life

Born in the United States, Qasabian is of Armenian descent. She is married to fellow director Sev Ohanian.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 . Join the Club . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210205055121/https://www.sundance.org/projects/join-the-club . 5 February 2021 . 26 May 2020 . . En.
  2. Web site: Bunch . Sara . 1 November 2018 . Screen Queen . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019003232/https://www.pepperdine.edu/magazine/2018/11/screen-queen/ . 19 October 2021 . 26 May 2020 . Pepperdine University.
  3. Web site: Natalie Qasabian . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210205210705/https://www.filmindependent.org/people/natalie-qasabian-forum/ . 5 February 2021 . 26 May 2020 . . en-US.
  4. Web site: N'Duka . Amanda . 17 October 2017 . Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Common To Star In 'All About Nina' From Eva Vives . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528150652/https://deadline.com/2017/10/mary-elizabeth-winstead-common-all-about-nina-eva-vives-1202189690/ . 28 May 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  5. Web site: Dietz . Jason . Kimbell . Keith . 28 April 2018 . Best & Worst Films at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226001900/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/tribeca-film-festival-2018-best-and-worst . 26 December 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  6. Web site: Cusumano . Cara . 2018 . 2018 Film Festival: Duck Butter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006041851/https://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/archive/duck-butter-2018 . 6 October 2022 . 26 May 2020 . Tribeca.
  7. Web site: Schwedel . Heather . 11 October 2018 . Snapchat Makes Television Now. It's Vertical, Highly Produced, and Very Superfluous . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129024222/https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/snapchat-originals-series-endless-summer-class-of-lies-television.html . 29 November 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  8. Patterson . Troy . 20 December 2018 . How Snap Originals Beat Facebook and Instagram in Adapting TV to Social Media . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128051601/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-snap-originals-beat-facebook-and-instagram-in-adapting-tv-to-social-media . 28 November 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  9. Web site: 29 November 2017 . 2018 Sundance Film Festival: Feature Films Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925084834/https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2018-sundance-film-festival-feature-films-announced/ . 25 September 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  10. Web site: Searching . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230127104454/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl369395201/ . 27 January 2023 . 26 May 2020 . Box Office Mojo.
  11. Web site: Pedersen . Erik . 23 January 2018 . 'Search' Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Prize – Sundance . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030150038/https://deadline.com/2018/01/sundance-alfred-p-sloan-foundation-film-prize-search-1202267711/ . 30 October 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  12. Web site: McNary . Dave . 7 June 2018 . Lionsgate to Develop Thriller 'Run' From 'Searching' Filmmakers (Exclusive) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025222623/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/lionsgate-thriller-run-searching-filmmakers-1202835592/ . 25 October 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  13. Web site: Couch . Aaron . 17 January 2020 . Lionsgate Thriller 'Run' Release Date Pushed Back 4 Months . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204211304/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lionsgate-thriller-run-release-date-pushed-back-4-months-1270754/ . 4 December 2022 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  14. Web site: Vlessing . Etan . 31 January 2019 . Lionsgate Suspense Thriller 'Run' Sets 2020 Release Date . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126044333/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lionsgate-suspense-thriller-run-sets-2020-release-date-1181564/ . 26 January 2023 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  15. Web site: Cooper . Gael Fashingbauer . 14 August 2019 . John Cho's Searching will get a tech-driven sequel with new faces . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230121132511/https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/john-chos-searching-will-get-a-tech-driven-sequel-with-new-characters/ . 21 January 2023 . 26 May 2020 . . en.
  16. Web site: Petski . Denise . 13 January 2021 . 'The Future' Sci-Fi Tech Drama In Works At HBO Max From Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho & 'Run' Team . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211160435/https://deadline.com/2021/01/the-future-sci-fi-tech-drama-hbo-max-matt-reeves-6th-idaho-run-team-1234673104/ . 11 December 2022 . 31 January 2021 . . en.
  17. Web site: Haring . Bruce . 31 January 2021 . Natalie Qasabian's 'Run' Wins 2021 Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629015808/https://deadline.com/2021/01/natalie-qasabian-run-sundance-institute-amazon-studios-fiction-filmmaking-award-1234684277/ . 29 June 2022 . 31 January 2021 . . en.
  18. Web site: Armenian American producer Natalie Qasabian's 'Run' Wins 2021 Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Award.

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