Ara Sagherian is Armenian and a filmmaker based in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. He was born on March 25th. Growing up in Toronto, and attending an Urban Toronto elementary school, he demonstrated an incredible talent and vision to creative arts. His passion continued to grow stronger as he was becoming a teenager. Ara began by utilizing his talent by using his family camcorder where he would shoot short films. When he was 15 years old, he watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” for the first time. He was inspired even more to make film a big part of his life, to earn a living to produce films. Ara graduated with a degree in communications from Michigan State University. Ara has directed, written and produced many short films that have been seen at different screenings in a variety of festivals. Ara is also currently working on a feature length film called “Senior Year” in 2016.
In 2005 at the age of 27 Ara was left paralyzed and wheelchair bound after a serious car accident. He was told he would never be able to walk again. With determination, hard work, great mental strength, prayers, love and support, Ara has already conquered the impossible by defying the medical odds and began walking again.
Here is your opportunity to help Ara in his pursuit of making his first feature film. Click the following link to help raise funds and send Ara on his way to his journey in film.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/senior-year–8/x/10717712#/story
Ara has written, directed, and produced many films such as “Holding”, “The Photographer”, “Amphibian”, “Lift”, “Crush”, “Transcendent”, “See”, “Devil’s Night”, “True Human”, “The Fix”, “Katie Chats”, “Trick or Treat”, “3000 Miles”, and “Senior Year” .
Ara has quotes to live by:
Life isn’t about gains. It’s about losing things, and how we cope.
I eat better when I’ve written. That’s got to stand for something.
For more information about Ara Sagherian and his journey through film and arts, Click the following links to learn more about him.
Internet Movie Database — Biography/Filmography
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4964253
On Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/user15585938
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ara.sager
Stage 32
https://www.stage32.com/AraFILM
Interview with Ara on Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/commffestradio/2013/03/18/celebrity-chat-with-filmmaker-ara-sagherian
Ara on Weebly
http://arafilms.weebly.com/
To be continued…
Talin Orfali Ghazarian 