About JFA

Joseph Hovsepian

Andre Hovsepian

Director/ Producer
Joseph Hovsepian was born in 1973 in Iran. He started with event filming and editing at the age of 17. After dedicating three years of full time involvement in the Audio-Visual department of the AG central church in Iran, he found his interest and challenge in the field of cinema. After his father’s (Rev. Haik Hovsepian) martyrdom in 1994 in Iran, he focused his films on spiritual themes. As he says “It was through my father’s encouragement that I’ve been able to fulfill my goals toward my career of sharing the message of hope through media”. Joseph studied Film & Cinema at Guildford Art School in England and since 1998 he has been working full time producing and directing.
Soon after immigrating to CA in 2000, he founded the JFA productions (Joseph Film & Animation, LLC) and ever since has produced remarkable work for TV and Satellite stations, as well as his independent projects.
Some of Joseph's work include:

*2010 "The Other Side of Iran" A TV series of the testimonies of Iranians and their encounters with God.
*2009 "The Youth Road" A series of 43 episodes in a new and creative way of addressing current struggles of the Iranian youth and it's solutions.
* 2007 “A Cry from Iran” 12 times Winner of "Best Documentary award". The story of Haik Hovsepian, a Christian Leader in Iran, who was brutally killed for his faith, and the freedom of religion in Iran.
* 2003 “The Tune of Nostalgia” Winner of "Best foreign movie" at WYSIWYG San Francisco film festival. Distributed in select theaters across America. A 105 minute feature portraying the journey of a refugee leaving Iran, looking for a refuge.
* 2001 “The Prodigal Son”
* 1998 “Crossing the Border of the Night” a feature drama (Mass distributed and screened at the Commonwealth Institute in London , also aired on SAT-7 & CBN channels)
* several short films and Music videos (aired on ITV-UK Channels and various other satellites)

Director
Andre Hovsepian was born in 1984 in Iran. His passion for film and media started from an early age. He had the chance to pursue his career in film when his family immigrated to the United States in 1999. After graduating high school, he began his studies in Film at Pasadena Community College. By the time he was 22 years old, he had already produced numerous successful music videos, youth related programs, short documentaries, and also assisted his older brother Joseph in the making of his feature film, The Tune of Nostalgia. Andre believes that talents are God given; therefore his array of work mostly focuses on moral values. In 2004 he joined the JFA Productions, and soon after started working on his father's documentary. As he says, "This is the most significant project I will probably ever work on, because it is the story of my role model and my inspiration"
Andre's latest work include:

*2010 "The Other Side of Iran" A TV series of the testimonies of Iranians and their encounters with God.
* 2007 “A Cry from Iran” 12 time Winner of "Best Documentary award". The story of Haik Hovsepian, a Christian Leader in Iran, who was brutally killed for his faith, and the freedom of religion in Iran.
* One Man Show” A 70 segment comedy and teaching series in Farsi, for Persian broadcasting channels.