I am a Russian-born filmmaker of Armenian descent whose path to storytelling began after earning a PhD in political science and building a career in research. The New Neighbor, a short film I wrote, produced, and directed, screened at Palm Beach, Big Island, and Waterfront festivals. My work examines how belief, ideology, power, and identity shape human behavior, blending realism with speculative or psychological elements. I'm currently in development on the following two projects.
A sheriff’s violent crusade against immigrants backfires when her scheme entangles a surgeon with violent tendencies of her own.
After an experiment traps a physicist inside the body of her predatory double in a matriarchal mirror-world, she must outsmart the host long enough to return home—or risk bringing the ruthless mind back with her.
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