Deran Sarafian is an American film and television director and actor. He directed ''

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, Gunmen,'' and ''

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''. He has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Life and career

Sarafian is the son of film director

Richard C. Sarafian Richard Caspar Sarafian (April 28, 1930 – September 18, 2013) was an Armenian-American film director and actor. He compiled a versatile career that spanned over five decades as a director, actor, and writer. Sarafian is best known as the direct ...

, and the nephew of director, screenwriter and producer Robert Altman. He is the brother of Ani Sarafian, Tedi Sarafian, Richard Sarafian, Jr. and Damon B. Sarafian. He has two children with ex-wife, actress

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. In 1983 Sarafian said he had spent the previous five years "ghost directing", i.e. taking over films where the original director was unable to complete filming. These films included ''

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'' (1983). After directing a number of genre movies in Spain and Italy, Sarafian entered into the mainstream by directing the

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action film ''

''. As a film director he has worked primarily in the action and thriller genres. Sarafian has directed 23 episodes of the

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series '' House'' and was made a co-executive producer of the series from 2007 and 2009. He was the producing director for several episodes of the first season of ''

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''. Sarafian has also directed installments of: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', '' Nash Bridges'', ''

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'', '' The Cape'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.The New York Times

Select filmography

Directing

*'' The Falling'' (1986) *'' Interzone'' (1987) *''

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'' (1989) *''

'' (1990) *''

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'' (1992) *'' Gunmen'' (1994) *''

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'' (1994) *''

'' (1994) *'' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1998) - Television , Season 2 Episode 18 *''

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'' (1999) – Television film *'' Trapped'' (2001) – Television *'' House MD'' (2004) – Television *''

'' (2006) – Television *''

'' (2010) – Television *'' The Cape'' (2011) – Television *''

'' (2012) – Television *''

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'' (2013) – Television *''

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'' (2014) – Television *''

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'' (2015) – Television *'' Game of Silence'' (2015) – Television *''

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'' (2016) – Television *''

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'' (2017) - Television , Season 1 Episode 5 *'' Blue Bloods'' (2018) - Television *'' The Gifted'' (2018) - Television , Season 2 Episode 17 *''

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'' (2019) - Television *''

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'' (2020) - Television

Acting

*''

10 to Midnight ''10 to Midnight'' is a 1983 American crime- horror-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilb ...

'' (1983) as Dale Anders *''Interzone'' (1987) *'' Zombie 3'' (1988) *''Gunmen'' (1994) as the Bishop

References

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* American film directors Armenian-American male actors American television directors American male actors Ethnic Armenian male actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-1950s-stub