Filmmaker
Neda Armian
Neda Amian is a multiple award winning film producer with a varied roster of projects. Her company, Armian Pictures, produces feature films, documentaries, television and digital content. In addition to other companies, she has worked closely with HBO, AMC and Sony. She worked as a producer on the feature THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE (2002) by Academy Award-winner Jonathan Demme and, more recently, Armian has produced films including RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008) and UNION SQUARE (2011). Previously, she worked as a production associate on the feature film BELOVED, starring Oprah Winfrey, the documentary THE UTTMOST, and the concert film Storefront Hitchcock. In the realm of music, she also produced a Bruce Springsteen video. Armian's credits include work on ADAPTATION, directed by Spike Jonze; THAT THING YOU DO!, directed by Tom Hanks; DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, directed by Carl Franklin; and PHILADELPHIA; as well as numerous documentaries and music videos. While running Jonathan Demme’s production company Clinica Estetico, Armian shepherded a wide slate of projects - working with such writers as Anne Rapp, Beth Henley, and Ron Nyswaner, and overseeing the company’s myriad production and distribution endeavors, such as the recent American release of Gillo Pontecorvo’s THE WIDE BLUE ROAD. (01/20)
Available Title(s):
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
A film by Neda Armian, 2003, 90 min, Color/BW
BEAH: A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS, the directorial debut of actress LisaGay Hamilton, celebrates the life of legendary African American actress, poet and political activist Beah Richards, best known for her Oscar nominated role in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER. While Richards’ struggled to overcome racial stereotypes throughout her long career onstage and onscreen in Hollywood…
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