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.

Cast

Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City
(archive)

Crew

Wind
Animation, Writer, Director
The Lesson
Animation, Director, Writer, Production Design
Wow! A Talking Fish!
Director, Animation Director, Writer, Art Direction
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...
Director, Writer
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color
Director, Screenplay
Wow, Butter Week!
Director, Writer
Kikos
Director, Writer, Animation
Who Will Tell A Fable?
Director, Screenplay
The Resourceful Peasant
Director
Lilith
Director
Taverne
Director, Script, Writer
The Fox Book
Director, Animation
I Am Armenian Too
Director, Writer
The Axe
Writer, Director
Signs of Intelligent Life
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Production Design
Victoria
Writer, Director
First
Director, Writer
Invincible
Director, Writer
L'arche
Director, Writer
How the Bears Fed the Whale
Writer, Director
Everything is Fine
Writer, Director, Editor, Production Design
The Norfin Adventures: A Norfin Noel
Director
The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom
Director, Production Design
The Priest Had A Dog
Writer
Unlucky Panos
Writer, Animation
The Lazy Fox
Director
Ananas Bananas
Director, Writer
Yellow SubmarYAN
Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Producer
For You, Armenia
Director, Writer, Editor
Planet 888
Animation
Your First Animals
Director, Writer
Brave Nazar
Director
The Button
Director, Writer, Production Design
The Little One
Director, Writer, Animation, Production Design
Elections
Director
The Hunters
Director, Writer
The Most Comfortable, Solid and Beautiful Home
Animation
Who Painted the Red Sea?
Art Direction
Puy-Puy Mouse
Animation
To Prevent This from Happening
Animation
The Lazy One
Production Design
The Tale of the Snowman Darbulka
Director, Writer, Production Design
Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth
Director, Writer
Our Yard 2.5
Director, Writer
Abu-Hasan's Slippers
Animation