Deran Sarafian

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Deran Sarafian (born January 17, 1968) is an Armenian-American actor, film and television director. Sarafian has directed several episodes of the FOX series House and was made a co-executive producer of the show for the 2007/08 season. He also directed a Season 2 Lost episode, titled "?", and has directed for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Cold Case, The District, Without a Trace, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Cape, Nash Bridges, and Fringe. Sarafian is the son of film director, Richard C. Sarafian and the brother of Tedi Sarafian, Damon B. Sarafian, and Richard Sarafian, Jr. Sarafian is also the nephew of director Robert Altman. Sarafian is married to actress Laurie Fortier, with whom he has two children.

To Die For (1988)

L.A. real estate agent Kate Wooten gets a new lease on life when she learns that her new client, a mysterious and handsome man named Vlad, is looking for a house isolated in the Hollywood Hills where he wants to live and doesn't want to be disturbed. It doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Brendan Hughes  •  Sydney Walsh  •  Amanda Wyss  •  Scott Jacoby

L.A. real estate agent Kate Wooten gets a new lease on life when she learns that her new client, a mysterious and handsome man named Vlad, is looking for a house isolated in the Hollywood Hills where he wants to live and doesn't want to be disturbed. It doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Brendan Hughes  •  Sydney Walsh  •  Amanda Wyss  •  Scott Jacoby

Zombie 3 (1988)

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into flesh-hungry zombies, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Fulci  •  Bruno Mattei
CAST:  Deran Sarafian  •  Beatrice Ring  •  Ottaviano Dell'Acqua  •  Massimo Vanni

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into flesh-hungry zombies, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Fulci  •  Bruno Mattei
CAST:  Deran Sarafian  •  Beatrice Ring  •  Ottaviano Dell'Acqua  •  Massimo Vanni

Death Warrant (1990)

The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Robert Guillaume  •  Cynthia Gibb  •  Patrick Kilpatrick

The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Robert Guillaume  •  Cynthia Gibb  •  Patrick Kilpatrick

Road Rage (1999)

Ellen Carson is a real estate agent who inadvertently cuts off a delivery truck driver while changing lanes on the freeway to hurry home. The truck driver turns out to be a disturbed man named Eddie Madden, who proceeds to chase after Ellen in an effort to run her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Yasmine Bleeth  •  Jere Burns  •  John Wesley Shipp  •  Alana Austin

Ellen Carson is a real estate agent who inadvertently cuts off a delivery truck driver while changing lanes on the freeway to hurry home. The truck driver turns out to be a disturbed man named Eddie Madden, who proceeds to chase after Ellen in an effort to run her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Yasmine Bleeth  •  Jere Burns  •  John Wesley Shipp  •  Alana Austin

Interzone (1987)

Humans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Bruce Abbott  •  Beatrice Ring  •  Teagan Clive  •  John Armstead

Humans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Bruce Abbott  •  Beatrice Ring  •  Teagan Clive  •  John Armstead

Trapped (2001)

Hotel guests become trapped by a raging fire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  William McNamara  •  Parker Stevenson  •  Callum Keith Rennie  •  Suki Kaiser

Hotel guests become trapped by a raging fire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  William McNamara  •  Parker Stevenson  •  Callum Keith Rennie  •  Suki Kaiser

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008)

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Baronas
CAST:  Claudio Aliotti  •  Adelaide Aste  •  Gigliola Battaglini  •  Lamberto Bava

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Baronas
CAST:  Claudio Aliotti  •  Adelaide Aste  •  Gigliola Battaglini  •  Lamberto Bava

Creatures from the Abyss (1994)

Five teenagers embark on a boating trip off the coast of Florida. The teens get hopelessly lost at sea after they get caught in a fierce storm. Fortunately, the quintet stumble across an abandoned yacht in the middle of the ocean with a mysterious biology lab on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvaro Passeri
CAST:  Clay Rogers  •  Michael Bon  •  Sharon Marino  •  Laura di Palma

Five teenagers embark on a boating trip off the coast of Florida. The teens get hopelessly lost at sea after they get caught in a fierce storm. Fortunately, the quintet stumble across an abandoned yacht in the middle of the ocean with a mysterious biology lab on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvaro Passeri
CAST:  Clay Rogers  •  Michael Bon  •  Sharon Marino  •  Laura di Palma

Back in the USSR (1992)

During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Frank Whaley  •  Natalya Negoda  •  Roman Polanski  •  Andrew Divoff

During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Frank Whaley  •  Natalya Negoda  •  Roman Polanski  •  Andrew Divoff

The Falling (1985)

Three young friends who are on vacation in Spain and a NASA scientist must join forces to save themselves and the rest of the world from an alien menace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Dennis Christopher  •  Martin Hewitt  •  Lynn-Holly Johnson  •  J.O. Bosso

Three young friends who are on vacation in Spain and a NASA scientist must join forces to save themselves and the rest of the world from an alien menace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Dennis Christopher  •  Martin Hewitt  •  Lynn-Holly Johnson  •  J.O. Bosso

Gunmen (1993)

Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a South American mission ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Denis Leary  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Kadeem Hardison

Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a South American mission ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Denis Leary  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Kadeem Hardison

10 to Midnight (1983)

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Lisa Eilbacher  •  Andrew Stevens  •  Gene Davis

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Lee Thompson
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Lisa Eilbacher  •  Andrew Stevens  •  Gene Davis

The Road Killers (1994)

After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Craig Sheffer  •  David Arquette  •  Josh Brolin

After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Craig Sheffer  •  David Arquette  •  Josh Brolin

Terminal Velocity (1994)

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  James Gandolfini  •  Christopher McDonald

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deran Sarafian
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  James Gandolfini  •  Christopher McDonald