Ron Najor is a first generation Iraqi American filmmaker. Najor strives to tell stories with authenticity
and to portray the diversity of the human experience. Najor’s Middle Eastern American background has
played a strong role in shaping who he is and often finds it’s way into his creative work.
Najor’s first produced independent feature film I Am Not a Hipster was an official selection of the
Sundance Film Festival in 2012. Short Term 12, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience
Award at SXSW in 2013, was the next film he produced and marks his second collaboration with
writer/director Destin Cretton. Short Term 12 was selected to be on over 30 top-ten lists for 2013 and
garnered a Gotham Award for Best Actress for Brie Larson and an Independent Spirit Award for Best
Editing. Short Term 12 was also given the prestigious distinction of being awarded The Golden Tomato
Award for being the highest critically rated theatrical movie in limited release in 2013 by Rotten
Tomatoes.