Saro Varjabedian

Saro Varjabedian, a queen's native of Armenian descent is an award winning International Cinematographer and Director. As a Cinematographer, Saro has photographed eight feature films, one feature documentary, several web-series and countless shorts. He has filmed in Cuba, Armenia, France, Lebanon, Mexico and India. His work on the short film "Jesus Loves Yusef" has won Saro the Best Student Cinematography Award at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival. "Elliot Loves" a feature film, which Saro photographed, has aired on HBO Latino, HBO Zone, HBO Comedy, HBO Go, Cinemax, Cinemax Go and Hulu. "Lucky" and "Gold Star", two Indie feature films which Saro photographed had limited theatrical and VOD distribution as well as successful festival runs. He has recently finished principle photography on the feature films entitled, "Saint Nicholas," "El Gallo", the International Lebanese/French Co-Production feature film entitled "The Traveler", the international Bulgarian/Cuban feature film entitled "Havana Darkness" and the international Bulgarian/Mexican feature film entitled "Welcome to Acapulco", which are all slated for 2018 distribution. His work on "The Traveller" has been nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2017 Woodstock Film Festival and 2018 Lebanese Movie Awards. He is currently slated to shoot two Indie dramas entitled "Ultra" and "The Scrapper."As a writer/director, Saro has directed five shorts, a TV Pilot and a feature. Most notable, is his work on the short film entitled, "After Water There is Sand," which has screened at several International film festivals, including the 2013 International Golden Apricot Film Festival, the 2012 International Pomegranate Film Festival, winning the 2012 PomGrant, the 2012 Arpa Film Festival, the 2013 Boston International Film Festival, the 2013 International Family Film Festival and the 2013 Women and Minorities in Media film festival; and his work on the TV pilot, "The Ridge," which is currently airing on Amazon Prime. Saro recently wrapped principal photography on his first feature film as a director/writer entitled "Forgotten Boy" and is currently in development writing a feature script on the 1960 Olympic American Ice Hockey team entitled "Squaw Valley." Saro is a recent Columbia MFA Graduate and has taught cinematography and directing at New York Film Academy. Show less «