Hayk Kirakosyan

Hayk Kirakosyan

Born: January 31, 1962
in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR
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.

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Movies for Hayk Kirakosyan...

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Character: пастор
Released: February 16, 2024
Type: TV
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Government Woman 2
Title: Government Woman 2
Character: Fotoğrafçı Hayk
Released: November 7, 2013
Type: Movie
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Killing the Shadows
Title: Killing the Shadows
Character: Rahip
Released: February 17, 2006
Type: Movie
Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad Karagoz (Haluk Bilginer), men who apparently lived and died by their sense of humour.