Biography

Ramin Fathie created Viceroy Films in 1999 to provide his growing client base a more extensive array of video and post production services. As the NY arm of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Archive of American Television Project, Viceroy field produced over 100 extensive historical interviews with television's most notable luminaries (Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Mary Tyler Moore, Sidney Lumet, Don Hewitt, Ted Turner, David Brinkley and Dan Rather) as well as many talented executives, engineers and artists who were instrumental in the earliest days of television. Soon, Café Digital (Discovery), Decorating Cents (HGTV) and A&E Biography (ABC) would utilize Viceroy's services in field production/producing on several episodes filmed throughout the country. The company provided production services for 10 Days that Changed America (History Channel) under the direction of Academy Award winner James Moll and the 2004 Democratic National Convention under Academy Award winner June Beallor.

In 2006, Ted Cieselski's My Empire, a co-production, was selected to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2010, Viceroy Films also co-produced The Sky Below, an award winning documentary film by Sarah Singh about the devastating partition of post-war India and Pakistan; Persona Non Grata, a documentary about the subculture of celebrity impersonators in Las Vegas; Blind Bowling, a documentary on NY's nationally acclaimed blind bowling team; and Visions of Mustang, a documentary exploring unique medical treatments in Tibet.

In 2016 Ramin served as Executive Producer on "Breach", negotiating online rights/distribution on over 14 new-media platforms and co-creating a complete marketing strategy including e-mail blasts, websites, press coverage and festival submission. Current projects include: "Persona Non Grata", a documentary about celebrity impersonators in Las Vegas; "Blind Bowling", a documentary about a blind bowling league in NY. Viceroy's additional clients include CBS, Pace Advertising, WNET, CBC, MTV, USA Films, HGTV and numerous corporate and non-profit organizations.various music videos, political spots and commercials.

As a result of client demand and the increasing overlap of media types, Viceroy Films now serves as much more than a film/video production company. We now offer agency services that include: radio spot production, digital marketing (web design, logo design, e-mail marketing), film distribution consulting and execution of marketing campaigns in addition to our traditional role as content creators. We have worked for agencies and PR firms such as Pace Advertising, Vidicom, Edelman, Artisan, Bain & Co., Hand Bismarck (now BPCM).

Prior to Viceroy, Ramin worked as a cinematographer for Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, documenting over 500 interviews in the New York area. During that time, he also stepped in as an occasional 2nd Unit Director (among his credits are Dinner and Driving, Directed by Lawrence Trilling) and created several short documentaries for the legendary video start-up online network, Pseudo. On the side, he improvised guest characters as a voice actor for the Jay Thomas/Nancy Giles morning show (ABC Radio).

Fathie graduated form UC Berkeley with a B.A. in cultural Anthropology (elected Phi Beta Kappa). As one of only 50 US Jacob Javits Fellows selected across the nation, he pursued an MFA at UCLA's School of Film and Television. His thesis film, Still Point, was nominated for a regional Student Academy Award and selected for screening at Cinefest Experimental/Madrid. He was a recipient of Tri- Mark Pictures and Hollywood Foreign Press scholarships and interned as a researcher for Charlie Rose, WGBH Boston, and Sanford-Pilsbury Productions. He is past president of UC Berkeley's International House.

Born in Cedar Rapids, IA, his family relocated to Las Vegas, NV during his teen years. He was one of only 2 recipients per state of both the Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Scholarship and the Shell Oil Century III Scholarship. He is conversant in French, Spanish, Swedish and Farsi.
- IMDb mini biography by: Julia Nunn