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Producer. Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Ron Najor is known for Short Term 12 (2013), Pretend Partners (2021) and I Am Not a Hipster (2012). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
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Ron Najor is a first generation Iraqi American filmmaker. Najor strives to tell stories with authenticity and to portray the diversity of the human experience. Najor’s Middle Eastern American background has played a strong role in shaping who he is and often finds it’s way into his creative work.
- Every Deal Is Negotiable, No Matter What They say.
- Delivering Your Film.
- The Right International Sales Agent Can Put You in The Black.
- Kickstarter Helped Us, A lot.
- Your Filmmaking Community Is Your Greatest Ally.
- What It Boils Down To: Get Your Film Out There!
Sundance Institute’s #ArtistServices provided us with best-in-class digital distribution access through their partnership with the leading digital retailers. Destin, Asher, and I also found separate partners to help with our Cable VOD and international deals. Working with all of these different entities, we had to negotiate several different distri...
When delivering your film to a distributor, you will need to submit many delivery elements, which include the film itself in potentially several different formats, as well as things like Closed Captioning, a Title Report, Errors and Omissions insurance, etc. The bigger the distributor you go with, the more delivery elements they will need and requi...
Not every film can secure an international sales agent; usually it requires having a notable cast, a film that is playing major film festivals, or a very specific genre that does well in foreign territories, like certain horror films. An international sales agent takes your film and sells it to various countries/territories, one at a time, all arou...
When we finally decided to release I Am Not A Hipster ourselves, we were heavily encouraged by Joseph Beyer, Missy Laney, and Chris Horton (three of the masterminds behind #ArtistServices) to do a Kickstarter campaign. At the time, I honestly didn’t know too much about the service. The money we raised on Kickstarter was incredibly liberating and pe...
Hands down the best people that helped us along the way were other filmmakers. I can’t stress this enough. If you glean nothing else from this write up, leave with this — reach out to other filmmakers and ask them for advice. I had so many people help me out, that it is in part why I wanted to write this. If there is a distributor or platform that ...
Every film is going to navigate down its own unique path. The quicker you make your decisions, the better. Filmmakers often don’t realize that it takes months for cable operators, theaters, and even iTunes and Netflix to slot your film to be played. Once you make all your decisions, expect four to six months before most things can even be implement...
Ron Najor. Producer: Short Term 12. Ron Najor is known for Short Term 12 (2013), Pretend Partners (2021) and I Am Not a Hipster (2012).
Dec 1, 2013 · Three-time National Student Emmy Award winner Ron Najor, a down-to-earth, yet highly intelligent, San Diego State alumnus, produced Destin Daniel Cretton’s features “Short Term 12” and “I Am Not a Hipster,” the latter being available on Netflix Instant. He is now teaching a six-part lecture series
Highest Rated: 98% Short Term 12 (2013) Lowest Rated: 71% I Am Not a Hipster (2012) Birthday: Not Available. Birthplace: Not Available. Filmography. Movies. Explore the filmography of Ron Najor...
Get to know Ron Najor. Ron Najor was one of the lead producers on the critically acclaimed feature SHORT TERM 12, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at SXSW in 2013. Najor’s short film he co-wrote and directed, IT’S A MATCH, premiered at the Palm Springs International ShortsFest 2018 and became a Vimeo Staff Pick ...
