SHAWN PAPAZIAN

Mr Papazian recently partnered with Knickpoint Ventures to form Knickpoint Studios and will oversee all their studio related endeavors. He has been involved with the design, development, operations and management of Motion Picture and TV Studio facilities for 25 yrs. 

Prior to joining Knickpoint, Mr Papazian co-developed and was President & COO of Crimson Studios Group. CSG owned and operated two independent studios in Los Angeles and had LBA Realty’s Studio 1 under management. He also co-designed and created the business plan for Studio1 located at One Culver, which is currently the home base for Apple Content and other major media tenants. In 2021, Mr Papazian was instrumental in bringing both Crimson Studios and Valencia Studios to an off-market deal to LPC West and GEM Realty Capital. 

Mr Papazian got his early start in the studio business at 20th Century Fox TV to run Ray Art Studios and soon after became Ray Art’s Vice President & GM until it was sold to Archstone Realty. He moved on to Sunset Gower Studios, where he was instrumental with GI Partners in executing the development and leasing strategies for the Technicolor HQ building as well as the executive oversight of the day-to-day activities and redevelopment of the studio lot. Upon SGS’s sale to HPP, Mr Papazian became the Vice President of the historic Culver Studios Lot owned by Lehman Brothers which was eventually acquired by Hackman Capital Partners. While at Culver Studios, he spearheaded and supervised the entitlements on the lot which has now been developed into the Amazon Studios HQ.

Mr Papazian is also an accomplished Emmy-nominated Producer and who has had a multi picture Producing deal with Warner Bros and Raw Feed in his past. In addition, he developed and produced the feature films Under the Bed 1 & 2 with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Ted Field’s Radar Pictures which were bought by A+E Studios. 

Mr Papazian is a graduate of LMU’s School of Film and Television and is a member of the PGA, DGA, and WGA. He is an avid foodie and is a minority investor in Ospi Venice.