Robert Sahakyants

Robert 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.

Robert Sahakyants
Born30 August 1950
Died24 September 2009 (aged 59)
OccupationAnimator
Years active1973–2009

Life

Sahakyants was born in Baku, in Soviet Azerbaijan, on 30 August 1950.[1] In 1964, him and his family moved to Yerevan, Soviet Armenia

In 1987, his animated film, Lesson, was shown at the Soviet Union film festival where it won an award.[1]

He died on 24 September 2009 in Yerevan, Armenia.[1]

Selected filmography

See also

A snapshot from the 1975 cartoon The Fox's Book by Sahakyants on a 2004 Armenian stamp

References

  1. Bendazzi, Giannalberto (6 November 2015). Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times. CRC Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-317-51988-1.


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