Samara Hagopian

Samara Hagopian was a puppeteer and prop maker and a member of the Screen Actors Guild. She worked as prop maker on though without a screen credit.
Hagopian was born in Concord, Massachusetts, USA and attended the Hopedale High School and graduated in 1990 with a BFA in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1983, her art work earned her a Boston Globe award and was placed on display in Boston. In 1990 she moved to Los Angeles, California, to work in the entertainment industry.
Hagopian started her career working for Rick Gamez company "Rick's Customer Props", a company which later produced props for . Hagopian contributed props to (1992), (1992), and (1992). She also worked for Patrick Tatopoulos Designs on (1994), (1996), (1998), Stuart Little (1999), and Bird of Passage (2000), for Rick Lazzarini's "The Character Shop" on Hocus Pocus (1993), (1995), (1996), and (1997), and for "Kevin Yagher Productions" on (1996), Bride of Chucky (1998), and (2004).
Hagopian later worked as prop maker and mechanical effects crew member on films such as (2007), (2009), (2009), (2009), (2010), (2011), (2011), (2011), and (2011).
During her latter years, Hagopian was also known as Samara Katz following her marriage to Stephen Katz. She passed away on 21 April 2012 at the age of 43. 
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