---
name: "Deran Sarafian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deran-sarafian"
fi1m_id: "deran-sarafian"
imdb_id: "nm0764776"
tmdb_id: 45645
wikidata_id: "Q951523"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T09:44:20.978282+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Deran Sarafian

## Identity

Deran Sarafian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deran-sarafian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deran-sarafian
- **IMDb ID:** nm0764776
- **TMDB ID:** 45645
- **Wikidata ID:** Q951523
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deran_Sarafian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45645

Director. Born 17 January 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 January 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [David Fury](https://film.one/person/david-fury.md), [David Straiton](https://film.one/person/david-straiton.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md), [Alison Schapker](https://film.one/person/alison-schapker.md), [Bobby Roth](https://film.one/person/bobby-roth.md), [Bryan Spicer](https://film.one/person/bryan-spicer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 80 (3), 2010s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deran_Sarafian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45645

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81), [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80), [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80), [*House*](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) (78)
- **AMC+:** [*Hell on Wheels*](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md) (52)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Deran Sarafian is an American film and television director and actor. He directed feature films including *Death Warrant* (1990), *Gunmen* (1994) and *Terminal Velocity* (1994).

Sarafian has directed many television episodes, including one for *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1998). He directed twenty-three episodes of *House* (2004) and served as co-executive producer on the series. Other credits include episodes of *Lost* (2004), *Fringe* (2008), *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000) and *CSI: Miami* (2002). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alex/October* (2022), Executive Producer
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, Director
- *Swamp Thing* (2019), series, Director
- *Project Blue Book* (2019), series, Director
- *The Gifted* (2017), series, Director
- *Wisdom of the Crowd* (2017), series, Director
- *The Exorcist* (2016), series, Director
- *Game of Silence* (2016), series, Director
- *Colony* (2016), series, Director
- *Rosewood* (2015), series, Director
- *The Returned* (2015), series, Director
- *Legends* (2014), series, Director
- *Rush* (2014), series, Director
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Director
- *Star-Crossed* (2014), series, Director
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Perception* (2012), series, Director
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *The Cape* (2011), series, Director
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, Director
- *Chase* (2010), series, Director
- *Nikita* (2010), series, Director
- *The Forgotten* (2009), series, Director
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Director
- *K-Ville* (2007), series, Director
- *Justice* (2006), series, Director
- *Night Stalker* (2005), series, Director
- *E-Ring* (2005), series, Director
- *House* (2004), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Lost* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, Director
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, Director
- *Threat Matrix* (2003), series, Director
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, Director
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, Director
- *Trapped* (2001), Director
- *The District* (2000), series, Director
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, Director
- *Secret Agent Man* (2000), series, Director
- *Road Rage* (1999), Director
- *Martial Law* (1998), series, Director, Producer
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, Director
- *Fantasy Island* (1998), series, Director
- *Cupid* (1998), series, Director
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Director
- *Terminal Velocity* (1994), Director
- *The Road Killers* (1994), Director
- *Creatures from the Abyss* (1994), as Scientist
- *Gunmen* (1993), Director
- *Back in the USSR* (1992), Director
- *Death Warrant* (1990), Director
- *To Die For* (1988), Director
- *Zombie Flesh Eaters 2* (1988), as Kenny
- *Interzone* (1987), Director, Screenplay
- *The Falling* (1986), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *10 to Midnight* (1983), as Dale Anders

## Gallery

- ![Deran Sarafian speaking at the 2013 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/62532/gallery-1c7cf29fd708.jpg) Deran Sarafian speaking at the 2013 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Deran_Sarafian_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Deran_Sarafian_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deran Sarafian](https://film.one/media/person/62532/gallery-56babe409b15.jpg) Deran Sarafian — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Deran_Sarafian_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Deran_Sarafian_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/deran-sarafian