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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.
As director
Your First Animals
Taverne
Ananas Bananas
Signs of Intelligent Life
Yellow SubmarYAN
I Am Armenian Too
The Little One
Our Yard 2.5
Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth
L'arche
Victoria
The Norfin Adventures: A Norfin Noel
The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom
The Axe
Elections
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Everything is Fine
For You, Armenia
The Button
Wind
The Lesson
The Resourceful Peasant
Wow, Butter Week!
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...
The Resourceful Peasant
Wow! A Talking Fish!
Who Will Tell A Fable?
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color
Brave Nazar
Kikos
