As Actor
Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City
2010
2.0
Robert Sahakyants
Acting
Birth Date
August 30, 1950
Place of Birth
Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Date of Death
September 24, 2009
Biography
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Wow, Butter Week!
1985
7.8
As Director, As Writer
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...
1984
6.9
As Director, As Writer
Wow! A Talking Fish!
1983
8.1
As Director, As Writer
Who Will Tell A Fable?
1982
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color
1981
6.3
As Writer
Unlucky Panos
1980
10.0
As Director, As Writer
Kikos
1979
5.0
As Director
The Fox Book
1975
0.5