Directing
Robert Sahakyants
RU, HY, EN, DE cinema · 52 credits
Born
30 August 1950
Died
24 September 2009 (aged 59)
Birthplace
Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Also known as Роберт Саакянц · Robert Saakyants · Robert Saakiants · Р. Саакянц · Robert Sahakyants
Robert Arshavirovich Sahakyants (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Սահակյանց, Russian: Роберт Аршавирович Саакянц, 30 August 1950 – 24 September 2009) was an Armenian animator in the former Soviet Union and Armenia. Sahakyants was born in Baku, in Soviet Azerbaijan, on 30 August 1950. In 1964, he and his family moved to Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. Since 1970, he has worked at the Armenfilm film studio as an animator, and since 1972 as an animated director. He was the author of many cartoons and in 1987, was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR. In the same year, his animated film, The Lesson, was shown at the Soviet Union film festival where it won an award. In 2008, he received the title of Honored Artist of Armenia. He died on 24 September 2009 in Yerevan, Armenia. A memorial was erected in his honor in Yerevan in 2013.
Known for
Filmography
Your First Animals
Director, Writer
Taverne
Director, Script, Writer
Ananas Bananas
Writer, Director
Signs of Intelligent Life
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Production Design
Yellow SubmarYAN
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Producer
I Am Armenian Too
Director, Writer
Our Yard 2.5
Director, Writer
Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth
Director, Writer
Victoria
Writer, Director
L'arche
Writer, Director
The Axe
Writer, Director
The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom
Director, Production Design
Elections
Director
Everything is Fine
Writer, Director, Editor, Production Design
For You, Armenia
Director, Writer, Editor
The Button
Writer, Director, Production Design
Wind
Animation, Writer, Director
The Lesson
Animation, Director, Writer, Production Design
Echo
Writer
Three fairy tales
Animation
Wow, Butter Week!
Director, Writer
Planet 888
Animation
Who Painted the Red Sea?
Art Direction
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Animation Director
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...
Director, Writer
The Resourceful Peasant
Director, Animation
Wow! A Talking Fish!
Director, Animation Director, Writer, Art Direction
Who Will Tell A Fable?
Director, Screenplay
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color
Director, Screenplay
Unlucky Panos
Writer, Animation
Brave Nazar
Director
Kikos
Director, Writer, Animation
First
Writer, Director
The Hunters
Director, Writer
The Lazy Fox
Director
The Fox Book
Director, Animation
The Lazy One
Production Design
How the Bears Fed the Whale
Director, Writer
The Tale of the Snowman Darbulka
Director, Writer, Production Design
Lilith
Director
Invincible
Writer, Director
Puy-Puy Mouse
Animation