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Mariya Saakyan (1980-2018)

Alias:
Maria Saakyan
Мария Саакян
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Birthplace:
Yerevan, USSR (Armenia)

Born:
July 24, 1980

Died:
January 28, 2018

Biography from TheMovieDB

Maria Sergeevna Saakyan (24 July 1980 – 28 January 2018) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, animator and editor. She is known for her work in movies like Farewell, Mayak, Honey Money among others.  Saakyan filmed the short film "Farewell", a thesis at the end of VGIK in 2003. The film is shown in the program at the International Film Festival in Oberhausen, the International Film Festival "Premier Plans Angers" in France, the official program of the Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands, at the Telluride Film Festival and others. She was awarded the Grand Prix of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, a special mention of the International Film Festival in the city of Fano, received a prize from the Kodak company at the VGIK festival and a diploma of the St. Anna Festival.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Mariya Saakyan, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Director:
2004  Farewell
2006  The Lighthouse
2012  I'm Going to Change My Name
2013  Entropy

Editor:
2004  Farewell
2006  The Lighthouse
2012  I'm Going to Change My Name
2013  Entropy
2015  Honey Money

Writer:
2004  Farewell
2006  The Lighthouse
2012  I'm Going to Change My Name
2013  Entropy
2015  Honey Money

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