Natalie Qasabian
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Years active | 2015–present |
Notable work | Searching, All About Nina |
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Natalie Qasabian (Armenian: Նատալի Քեսաբյան) is an Armenian-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 been announced to be producing Searching 2,[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]
References[]
- ^ "join-the-club". www.sundance.org. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Screen Queen | Pepperdine University". www.pepperdine.edu. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Natalie Qasabian". Film Independent. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (October 17, 2017). "Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Common To Star In 'All About Nina' From Eva Vives". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Best & Worst Films at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Duck Butter | 2018 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Schwedel, Heather (October 11, 2018). "Snapchat Makes Television Now. It's Vertical, Highly Produced, and Very Superfluous". Slate Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Patterson, Troy. "How Snap Originals Beat Facebook and Instagram in Adapting TV to Social Media". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Wednesday; November 29th; 2017. "2018 Sundance Film Festival: Feature Films Announced". www.sundance.org. Retrieved May 26, 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Searching". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (January 24, 2018). "'Search' Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Prize – Sundance". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ McNary, Dave (June 7, 2018). "Lionsgate to Develop Thriller 'Run' From 'Searching' Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Lionsgate Thriller 'Run' Release Date Pushed Back 4 Months". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Lionsgate Suspense Thriller 'Run' Sets 2020 Release Date". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer. "John Cho's Searching will get a tech-driven sequel with new faces". CNET. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "'The Future' Sci-Fi Tech Drama In Works At HBO Max From Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho & 'Run' Team". Deadline. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Natalie Qasabian's 'Run' Wins 2021 Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award". Deadline. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
External links[]
- Living people
- American film producers
- American women film producers
- University of Southern California alumni
- Pepperdine University alumni
- American people of Armenian descent
- 21st-century American women