Natalie Qasabian

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.

Natalie Qasabian
Qasabian at RISE Conference in Hong Kong, July 2018
Alma mater
Occupation
Years active2015–present
Notable work
Searching, All About Nina

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 release on Mothers Day Weekend 2020, but due to the coronavirus outbreak,[14] it was released on Hulu on November 20, 2020 instead.

Qasabian has also been announced to be producing an upcoming sequel to Searching,[15] and executive producing an 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
  1. "join-the-club". www.sundance.org. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. "Screen Queen | Pepperdine University". www.pepperdine.edu. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "Natalie Qasabian". Film Independent. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. N'Duka, Amanda (October 17, 2017). "Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Common To Star In 'All About Nina' From Eva Vives". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. "Best & Worst Films at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  6. "Duck Butter | 2018 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  7. Schwedel, Heather (October 11, 2018). "Snapchat Makes Television Now. It's Vertical, Highly Produced, and Very Superfluous". Slate Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  8. Patterson, Troy. "How Snap Originals Beat Facebook and Instagram in Adapting TV to Social Media". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  9. 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)
  10. "Searching". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  11. Pedersen, Erik (January 24, 2018). "'Search' Wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Prize – Sundance". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  12. McNary, Dave (June 7, 2018). "Lionsgate to Develop Thriller 'Run' From 'Searching' Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  13. "Lionsgate Thriller 'Run' Release Date Pushed Back 4 Months". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  14. "Lionsgate Suspense Thriller 'Run' Sets 2020 Release Date". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  15. Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer. "John Cho's Searching will get a tech-driven sequel with new faces". CNET. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  16. "'The Future' Sci-Fi Tech Drama In Works At HBO Max From Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho & 'Run' Team". Deadline. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  17. "Natalie Qasabian's 'Run' Wins 2021 Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award". Deadline. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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