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Deran Sarafian

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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.

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Deran Sarafian in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$115M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Finding Forrester

$80M

Standout efficiency

11.7x

Death Warrant · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$186M

Combined reported budget

$123M

Gross / budget

1.5x

Bankability Index

25 / 100

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