Katherine Marianne Sarafian (Armenian: Քեթրին Սարաֆյան; born January 27, 1969)[1] is an Armenian-American film producer. She started at Pixar Animation Studios as an artist but was shifted from the art department to marketing during the making of A Bug's Life by Pixar head Steve Jobs.[2] She then became a producer within Pixar.[2]
Katherine Sarafian, the middle of three children, was raised in San Leandro, California, by her Armenian mother Alice, Izmirian, who as active in San Leandro civic affairs, and Armenian father Richard Sarafian Jr., a pastor of the Saint Vartan Armenian Church of Oakland who died in 2009. Sarafian's Armenian heritage and religious upbringing, because her father is a pastor, have been a central influence.[3]
Careeredit
Sarafian produced Pixar's 2006 short film Lifted and its 2012 theatrical release Brave,[4] for which she was nominated for the Producer's Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of an Animated Theatrical Motion Picture.[5]
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Katherine Marianne Sarafian lives in nearby Oakland with her husband, visual effects specialist Meher Gourjian, whose production credits include work in Harry Potter[3] and whom she married during her six years of producing Brave.[2] She gave birth to two sons during the six years of production time.[3][2]
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