David Minasian

David Minasian is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, musician, singer, and songwriter. Since the 1980s, he has worked for various motion picture production companies in Los Angeles as a freelance producer and director. In addition to his work on music videos and concert films for artists including Three Dog Night; Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward; Alan Parsons; and English progressive rock bands Camel and Renaissance, Minasian has produced and directed over 60 documentary films including The Passion Behind the Passion, a behind-the-scenes documentary filmed on location in Rome about the making of Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ. Minasian is also a classically trained pianist. His symphonic rock albums Random Acts of Beauty and The Sound of Dreams feature guest appearances by Andrew Latimer (Camel), Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues), Steve Hackett (Genesis), Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Billy Sherwood (Yes) and PJ Olsson (The Alan Parsons Live Project).