My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.

I’m Armenian, and April 24th was another commemoration of the genocide of Armenia people by Turkey. The perpetrator never admitted the crime. I was raised with that, this question: how do you actually find the truth of such a traumatic event? I'm obsessed with that issue.

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.

The biggest problem with the independent film sector in Toronto is that they find themselves having to make that budget show on screen.

I started in theater and I wanted to write plays, but I never really found an original voice as a playwright.

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.