Join us for a conversation with director, producer, and screenwriter Eric Nazarian about the process of financing, producing, and distributing an indie film. We will discuss his experience in particular with his recent feature, Die Like a Man, which was recently released, including the current state of indie cinema in our rapidly changing industry.
Eric Nazarian
Director, Writer & Producer
About Eric Nazarian:
Filmmaker and screenwriter Eric Nazarian is an honors graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts and the recipient of the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for his screenplay, Giants.
His first film as writer-director, The Blue Hour, premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Torino Film Festival.
His short film Tatanka, about the Oglala Lakota mothers of the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and the healing power of the buffalo, is part of a global anthology film about human and animal life in the era of climate change.
His new film, Die Like a Man, tells a rite of passage story about the aftereffects of gun violence in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in L.A. While making the film, Nazarian created a social impact audiovisual literacy program with the aim of combating gun violence in at-risk communities through grassroots filmmaking.
He was recently selected for Marcus Lyon’s social impact art project, Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels as one of the 100 extraordinary individuals creating positive change across Los Angeles County, premiering at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Jana Nagase
Entertainment Journalist
About the moderator:
Originally from São Paulo, Jana Nascimento Nagase aka Jana On Camera is a Brazilian entertainment journalist, Film & TV critic based in Los Angeles, and she loves indie movies. She has been writing for Gazeta News, the biggest Brazilian newspaper in the US based in Florida, since 2012. You can also find her interviews and reviews at MamasGeeky.com and on her own website and YouTube Channel, Jana On Camera. She is also a member of Critics Choice Association, Film Independent (Spirit Awards), LEJA (Latino Entertainment Journalists Association), and ABI Inter (Brazilian International Press Association.
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