Director

Robert Sahakyants

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Directed movies: 27Directed series: 1All crew credits: 51

TMDB ID: 1146748

IMDb ID: nm1649923

Known for: Directing

Born: August 30, 1950

Died: September 24, 2009

Age: 59

Place of birth: Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 2010

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7.49

Wikidata: Q62316

Also known as

Роберт Саакянц • Robert Saakyants • Robert Saakiants • Р. Саакянц • Robert Sahakyants

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Director (27)Animation Director (1)Writer (12)Animation (7)Screenplay (2)Art Direction (1)Production Design (1)

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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.

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