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Navid Sanati

Navid Sanati is an an American-Iranian producer, writer and director.

He has worked with a number of production companies including Tombstone Limited since 2007. Starting as camera assistant, progressing to Production Coordinator / Co-Producer on Durant’s Never Closes with Tom Sizemore, Peter Bogdanovich, Jon Gries and Michelle Stafford, and becoming a key member of the team. Recently, he edited and produced the feature film Room 9 Starring Michael Berryman, Kane Hodder & Scout Taylor Compton, which got a distribution deal with Lionsgate & Grindstone Ent.

William Long

William Long quickly became a force in the Arizona film industry. His planning and producing skills, along with his creative contributions proved invaluable during the 52 Films in 52 Weeks project and feature films Duel at the Mound, Durant’s Never Closes and several other projects while working with Running Wild Films as both Producer and CFO. Upon leaving Running Wild Films he branched out into producing animated web series, short and feature films as well as music videos. He is continually working with artist from around the globe, such as Alex Cox (Sid and Nancy, Repo Man), to bring their visions to life.

Our company is a collective of amazing people striving to create powerful movies/shows.

Step By Step Pictures is a film production company dedicated to developing international
films produced in the U.S.

Navid Sanati founded the company in June 2003 with the vision to
build a motion picture company that tells human stories and their journey in life by focusing
on character based films that affect the masses and are commercially successful.


From the beginning, we set a standard of making movies at a fast pace with small budgets,
while focusing on good storytelling.