A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Guy Kirakosyan
Khaik Kirakosyan
Хайк Киракосян
Birthplace:
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Born:
January 31, 1962
Hayk Kirakosyan was born in USSR in 1962. His father was an engineer-designer and his mother was an electronics engineer. His interest in cinema started at age of 11 when he began to study photography at Art School and subsequently continued his education in Cinematography department at State Institute of Cinema (VGIK. Moscow). He graduated from Vladimir Monakhov’s class as a valedictorian student when he was 22. As a student, he was employed as a trainee camera assistant with famous cinematographers such as Leonid Kalashnikov, Albert Yavuryan and Levon Atoyants. After completing his education at VGIK (MFA), he started working as a cinematographer on several short and full-length documentary, feature and animation films. He was also a lecturer at the Cinema Television Department Faculty of State Pedagogical Institute (Yerevan, USSR) between 1987 and 1991. Since 1991, Kirakosyan has been working both in Armenia and Russia. In addition, between 1994-1999, he was a cameraman MPS TV, editor In Paradise Production and director in VKT TV in Moscow. In 2000, he moved to Istanbul, Turkey. Keeps working on feature projects, commercial films and music videos in Turkey, Russia and Armenia. Since 2006, teaching “Cinematography” and “ Advanced Cinematography” at Kadir Has, Istanbul Bilgi Universities and Plato College of Higher Education. Kirakosyan held workshops at the Marmara (İstanbul) and Bilkent (Ankara) universities, 6.45 Art Club (Eskişehir), Bursa International Film Festival, Atif Yilmaz Turkish National Film School between 2007 and 2010. In 2008 he was a jury member at the Adana «Golden Cocoon» and in 2014 at the Antalya «Golden Orange» International Film Festivals. Since 1991, Kirakosyan is a member of the Filmmakers Union of Russia and member of the Guild of Cinematographers of Russia (R.G.C). Since 2005 member of European Federation of Cinematographers from Russia (IMAGO). Since 2014 member of the Turkish Society of Cinematographers. IMDb Mini bio by; yusufpiskin
Director of Photography:
1987 Quartet
1993 Wagon
2001 Away from Home
2004 Where's Firuze?
2006 Killing the Shadows
2006 Through the Eyes of a Wolf
2009 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009 Love in Another Language
2011 Atlıkarınca
2013 Government Woman
2013 Government Woman 2
2013 The Long Way Home
2016 Coastliners
2016 Hep Yek
2016 The Last Birds
2017 Squad
2019 Stunt School
2020 In the Shadows
2020 Just Different
2020 Leyla Everlasting
2020 The Superdeep
2021 Pure White
2022 Osman Sekiz
2022 The Whirlpool
2024 Ashes
???? The Spring Behind The Door
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