- Eric Esrailian is known for The Promise (2016), Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017) and I Am Not Alone (2019).
- Dr. Eric Esrailian is also a physician, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. At one point, Dr. Esrailian served on the Medical Board of California from 2010-2011 after being appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In November 2021, Pope Francis awarded Esrailian with the Benemerenti Medal in Vatican City for his humanitarian efforts. He became the first person of Armenian descent to receive the honor.
- Survival Pictures was established in 2012 by the legendary businessman and humanitarian Kirk Kerkorian who appointed Eric Esrailian and Anthony Mandekic as co-managers to produce The Promise and Intent To Destroy in order to raise awareness and help get Armenian Genocide resolutions passed by the United States government. Two years after the release of both films, the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2019. In 2021, President Joe Biden formally recognized the Armenian Genocide as well.
- Was a close friend of the late Kirk Kerkorian.
- Eric Esrailian is a great-grandson of survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
- He lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- [on The Promise (2016)] It became clear that the government of Turkey was going to have an influence on this movie. One of the most insidious realities of our existence in the United States is that foreign governments can control art. I would say at the highest levels from different studios, we were just basically told that no matter how good the film would be, it was never going to be released by certain companies. I think that that's truly shameful, but it's just a reality that we had to deal with. [2017]
- [on donating all of the proceeds from the theatrical run of The Promise (2016) to nonprofits, human rights and humanitarian groups] We're not against profit - the way I look at is, the more money that comes back to Survival, the more we can help others and get more out to the world, so we certainly want it to be successful from a financial standpoint. [2017]
- [on the late Kirk Kerkorian and The Promise (2016)] Many times we talked about the film - obviously the process of developing a film like this takes a long time, and with every passing month, I'd say to him, 'Are you sure you still want to do this? Because we could just donate the money to charity - that's what you've always done.' And he said, 'No. We can make the movie and donate to charity. We want to do both. [2017]
- The Promise (2016) means so much personally. The promise was from us to complete the film. The promise is for us to never forget and the promise is for us also a vow to do something so that it never happens again. [2017]
- [on The Promise (2016)] One of the big things for us was taking the darkness of the Armenian Genocide and moving it into the light. (...) Genocide denial is one phase of genocide. The way systematic denial has tried to crush it and bury the truth for so many years, it's amazing to see it all come to light now. (...) It's still a movie. It's not a political statement. It's just the truth. [2017]
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