---
name: "Katherine Sarafian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/katherine-sarafian"
fi1m_id: "katherine-sarafian"
imdb_id: "nm0764780"
tmdb_id: 7901
wikidata_id: "Q4408503"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T21:56:32.566022+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."
---

# Katherine Sarafian

## Identity

Katherine Sarafian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/katherine-sarafian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** katherine-sarafian
- **IMDb ID:** nm0764780
- **TMDB ID:** 7901
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4408503
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Sarafian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4408503, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7901

Producer. Born 27 January 1969 in San Leandro.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 January 1969, San Leandro
- **Active:** 2001–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (2), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 4, Adventure 3, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,824m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Sarafian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4408503, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7901

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Brave*](https://film.one/film/brave.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Katherine Sarafian is an Armenian-American film producer. She joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1994 as a production coordinator on *Toy Story* and later held roles including production supervisor on *Monsters, Inc.* (2001) and production manager on *The Incredibles* (2004). She produced the short film *Lifted* (2006) and the feature *Brave* (2012).

Sarafian has also served as development producer on *Toy Story 4* (2019) and in executive producer capacities on later projects. She holds a BA in Communication Studies and an MA in Film and Television Critical Studies from UCLA. In 2013 she received a Producers Guild of America nomination and a Visual Effects Society Award for her work on *Brave*.

She has progressed through various production, development and marketing positions at Pixar and serves as Senior Vice President of Production.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, Development Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Fi1m 88, Production Manager, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Fi1m 86, Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Self* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Black Belts* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Development Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Inside Out* (2015), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Up* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Lifted* (2006), Producer
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Associate Producer, Production Manager — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Production Supervisor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Art Department Manager, Thanks

## Gallery

- ![BAFTA's 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/315954/gallery-60cec5aa8fe0.jpg) BAFTA's 2013. — Sean Reynolds from Liverpool, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/BAFTA%27s_2013_%288464855474%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![BAFTA's 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/315954/gallery-8ffb25baf5c9.jpg) BAFTA's 2013. — Sean Reynolds from Liverpool, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/BAFTA%27s_2013_%288464858238%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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