
Katherine Sarafian
Producer · Born January 27, 1969 (57) · Alameda County, California
Producers Guild Award nominee
Katherine Marianne Sarafian (Armenian: Քեթրին Սարաֆյան; born January 27, 1969) is an Armenian-American film producer. She started at Pixar Animation Studios as an artist but was shifted from the art department to marketing during the making of A Bug's Life by Pixar head Steve Jobs. She then became a producer within Pixar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katherine Sarafian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 27, 1969 (57)
- Alameda County, California
- Producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Katherine Sarafian's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet1
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Katherine Sarafian's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Disney+ (10).
- Up (2009) · thanks
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) · production supervisor
- Inside Out (2015) · thanks
- The Incredibles (2004) · producer
- Lifted (2006) · producer
- Toy Story 4 (2019) · producer
- A Bug's Life (1998) · art department manager · thanks
- Brave (2012) · producer
- Cars on the Road (2022) · producer
- Black Belts (2023) · producer
Subscription and free streaming for Katherine Sarafian's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Self (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Black Belts(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Cars on the Road(2022)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Toy Story 4(2019)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Inside Out(2015)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Brave(2012)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Up(2009)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Lifted(2006)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Incredibles(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
A Bug's Life(1998)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1998 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Producers Guild Award in 2013, Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Katherine Sarafian's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Katherine Sarafian's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Katherine Sarafian work with?
People who share at least 2 of Katherine Sarafian's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Lasseter shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Steve PurcellShared titles: Cars on the Road (2022), Brave (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Purcell

Writers
- John LasseterShared titles: Cars on the Road (2022), Toy Story 4 (2019), Brave (2012), Lifted (2006), The Incredibles (2004)See all 5 shared titles with John Lasseter

Composers and cinematographers
- Patrick LinShared titles: Toy Story 4 (2019), The Incredibles (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Lin

- Michael GiacchinoShared titles: Lifted (2006), The Incredibles (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Giacchino

Producers
- Pete DocterShared titles: Cars on the Road (2022), Toy Story 4 (2019), Brave (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Pete Docter

- Andrew StantonShared titles: Toy Story 4 (2019), Brave (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Stanton
