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.

Robert Sahakyants
Born	30 August 1950 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Died	24 September 2009 (aged 59) Yerevan, Armenia
Occupation	Animator
Years active	1973–2009

Life

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

Sahakyants was born in Baku, in Soviet Azerbaijan, on 30 August 1950.^[1] 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.^[1] In 2008, he received the title of Honored Artist of Armenia. His films have received awards at international film festivals in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Japan, Ukraine, and other countries.^[2]

He died on 24 September 2009 in Yerevan, Armenia.^[1] A memorial was erected in his honor in Yerevan in 2013.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Kikos (1979)
• The Lesson (1987)

See also

• List of Armenian films