Robert Sahakyants
Known for Directing
Details
Birthday: August 30, 1950
Deathday: September 24, 2009
Place of birth: Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Biography
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.
Director
2005
2004
2004
2002
2000
2000
1999
1997
1997
1994
1994
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1985
1983
1980
1979
1979
1977
1976
1975
1973
1973
Writer
2005
2004
2004
2002
2000
2000
1999
1997
1997
1994
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1983
1983
1983
1980
1979
1979
1977
1973