Robert Sahakyants

Directing·Aug 30, 1950·Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]

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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.

Film	Credit
Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City2010 · (archive)	(archive)
Your First Animals2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ananas Bananas2004 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Taverne2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Signs of Intelligent Life2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Yellow SubmarYAN2002 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
I Am Armenian Too2000 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Our Yard 2.51999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Victoria1997 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
L'arche1997 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Elections1994 · Director	Director
The Norfin Adventures: A Norfin Noel1994 · Director	Director
The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom1994 · Director	Director
The Axe1994 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream1992 · Director	Director
Everything is Fine1991 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
For You, Armenia1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Button1989 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Wind1988 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Lesson1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Resourceful Peasant1986 · Director	Director
Echo1986 · Writer	Writer
Wow, Butter Week!1985 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Resourceful Peasant1984 · Director	Director
Wow! A Talking Fish!1983 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Priest Had A Dog1983 · Writer	Writer
The Little Farmer1983 · Writer	Writer
Who Will Tell A Fable?1982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color1981 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
A Thousand and One Tricks1981 · Writer	Writer
Brave Nazar1980 · Director	Director
Unlucky Panos1980 · Writer	Writer
Kikos1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
First1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Hunters1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Lazy Fox1976 · Director	Director
The Fox Book1975 · Director	Director
The Tale of the Snowman Darbulka1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
How the Bears Fed the Whale1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Invincible1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lilith1973 · Director	Director