 Robert Sahakyants
Born in Baku in 1950. He has lived in Yerevan since 1964, where he graduated from middle school and was accepted to Kh. Abovian’s Pedagogic Institute. In 1972, after four years of schooling, he was expelled from school for failing to attend classes. But by that time (1970), he was already working at “ArmenFilm Studio” as an animator. Sahakyants is the scriptwriter and artistic director for almost all his films. Robert Sahakyants’s films have been awarded at international festivals such as France, Italy, Germany, Japan, as well as soviet festivals such as Kiev, Yerevan, Moscow, Tallinn.
In 2008, he received the title of National Artist of the Republic of Armenia.
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The Fox’s Book / Aghvesagirke
1975, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon (based on V.Aygektsi’s fables), 10min. (277m), color.
Scr. T.Dashtents, Dir. R.Sahakyants, Art Dir. H.Dila-kyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. D.Azaryan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, songs performed by E.Makaryan, A.Abrahamyan, S.Seyranyan, Prod.Manag. S.Martirosyan.
This tale is taken from a book of fables by an Armenian poet of the Middle Ages – Vardan Aygektsy. It shows that the wisdom of the centuries is very real.
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Nazar the Brave / Kaj Nazar
1980, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon, 20min. (540m), color.
Scr. H.Grigoryan, Dir. R.Sahakyants, Art Dir. Ye.Prorokova, E.Avagyan, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. D.Azaryan, Sound I.Ordukhanyan, Edit. S.Vatinyan, R.Sahakyants, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. H.Shahapuni.
The 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.
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Hey You, Talking Fish / Khosogh Dzuke
1983, Hayfilm Studio, cartoon (based on H.Tumanyan’s tale “Talking Fish,” financed by Moscow Central TV), 10min. (285m), color.
Scr./Dir./Art Dir./Edit. R.Sahakyants, Cam. A.Kyurdyan, Compos. R.Amirkhanyan, Sound K.Kurdiyan, Scr.Edit. H.Beyleryan, Prod.Manag. K.Ghukasyan.
An old man lets a talking fish that he has caught go. Later, having assumed the aspect of a young man, the fish appears in the house of the old man and saves him and his wife from many misfortunes.
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