
Directing
Robert Sahakyants
Born — Died
1950-08-30 — 2009-09-24
Place of birth
Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Known for
Directing
Credits
41 titles
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 titl…
Known for
NRMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
NRNot everybody is endowed with a vivid imagination. One person can imagine paradise, yet the other one can only imagine himself as being the boss.
Ananas Bananas
2004
NRA folk parable about a resourceful peasant who cured the king of his poor appetite.
The Resourceful Peasant
1984
NRThe magical trolls are in for a night full of ghosts and goblins as they enter the "Castle of Doom" on Halloween night.
The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom
1994
8.0A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.
Wow! A Talking Fish!
1983
NRA young boy spends his entire day working in the fields, enjoying the company of animals, and joyfully singing along with them.
The Little Farmer
1983
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
NRNot everybody is endowed with a vivid imagination. One person can imagine paradise, yet the other one can only imagine himself as being the boss.
Ananas Bananas
2004
NRNot everybody is endowed with a vivid imagination. One person can imagine paradise, yet the other one can only imagine himself as being the boss.
Ananas Bananas
2004
NRA folk parable about a resourceful peasant who cured the king of his poor appetite.
The Resourceful Peasant
1984
NRThe magical trolls are in for a night full of ghosts and goblins as they enter the "Castle of Doom" on Halloween night.
The Norfin Adventures: Castle of Doom
1994
8.0A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.
Wow! A Talking Fish!
1983
8.0A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.
Wow! A Talking Fish!
1983
NRA young boy spends his entire day working in the fields, enjoying the company of animals, and joyfully singing along with them.
The Little Farmer
1983
NRThere was a priest in the village and he had a dog. The priest owned a big shed in which he kept a huge amount of meat. The dog guarded this shed from other dogs, but one day the dog could not resist and ate one of the sausages. The priest noticed this and killed his pet. Then he buried the dog near the fence and made an inscription: "Priest had a dog, he loved it, it ate a piece of meat, he killed it, buried it in the ground, and wrote this inscription so that...", but, fixated, begins to write it on the ground. Thus he, continuing to write, visits various parts and countries, and eventually returns to his home and finishes writing near the place where he buried his dog. But upon entering the barn, the priest sees various animals greedily eating everything in it.
The Priest Had A Dog
1983
NRThe Norfins are in for a delightful surprise when a charming alien with magical powers drops in for a visit.
The Norfin Adventures: A Norfin Noel
1994
NRThe king goes out onto the streets of his kingdom to find out how his people feel about him.
A Thousand and One Tricks
1981
6.6Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color
1981
6.6Based on a tall tale, The Liar Hunter by Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Three Blue-Blue Lakes of Crimson Color
1981
NRThe tale of Lilith, first wife of Adam.
Lilith
1973
7.1"...whoever tells me a story and I say, "It's not true, I don't believe it," will receive half the kingdom as a reward." decided the bored king.
Who Will Tell A Fable?
1982
7.1"...whoever tells me a story and I say, "It's not true, I don't believe it," will receive half the kingdom as a reward." decided the bored king.
Who Will Tell A Fable?
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Optimus Mundus 4. The Best City on Earth
1998
8.0A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Wow, Butter Week!
1985
8.0A clever boy punishes a greedy landlord. Based on the Armenian folk tale by Hovhannes Tumanyan.
Wow, Butter Week!
1985
7.2Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...
1984
7.2Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.
In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...
1984
4.1A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.
The Lesson
1987
4.1A Soviet Armenian animation from the glasnost era about cosmonauts invading a serene planet where they pay a price for their cruel actions.
The Lesson
1987
NRA naive peasant decides to sell his cow to the tree and persistently demands to pay the promised gold for the animal.
Echo
1986
9.0The idler Nazar, who only used to count flies that he had killed, suddenly appears on the throne as a result of the ignorance of people and the guile of the priest.
Brave Nazar
1980
NRA king believes the peasants are hoarding all the good food.
The Resourceful Peasant
1986
4.4Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.
The Button
1989
4.4Every time a Soviet apparatchik presses a button, something explodes.
The Button
1989
0.5The cartoon is based on the wisdom of medieval Armenian fables pictured with the synthesis of modern animation and rock music.
The Fox Book
1975
7.0Animated short about presidential elections of 1991 and its consequences in the Armenian people’s life under the rule of Pan-Armenian National Movement. Based on a song by Armenian poet and songwriter Ruben Hakhverdyan.
Elections
1994
NRSomeone gives a hatchet to people of freezing country, but their lack of skill and misunderstanding how to use it lead to endless deaths and disasters
The Axe
1994
NRSomeone gives a hatchet to people of freezing country, but their lack of skill and misunderstanding how to use it lead to endless deaths and disasters
The Axe
1994
5.0Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect of radiation is shown in a bizarre form.
Wind
1988
5.0Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect of radiation is shown in a bizarre form.
Wind
1988
NRAn adult cartoon about an elderly man who travels by train to the "End of the Earth".
I Am Armenian Too
2000
NRAn adult cartoon about an elderly man who travels by train to the "End of the Earth".
I Am Armenian Too
2000
6.3Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian region of the Soviet Union in 1988.
For You, Armenia
1990
6.3Dramatic short animation based on the song of the same name ("For You Armenia"/"Kez Hayastan") composed by George Garvarents and performed by Charles Aznavour. The song is dedicated to the memory of the devastating earthquake that struck the Armenian region of the Soviet Union in 1988.
For You, Armenia
1990
NRWordless animated fim from Robert Sahakyants
Victoria
1997

