Yervant Gianikian

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-01-01 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Merano, Italy

Yervant Gianikian

Biography

Yervant Gianikian is an Italian director and artist renowned for his experimental and independent films. He studied architecture in Venice before dedicating himself to cinema in the mid-1970s, collaborating with Angela Ricci Lucchi. Together, they produced influential works such as From the Pole to the Equator (1987), Oh! Man (2004), and Babaric Land (2013). Their films have been showcased at prestigious international festivals and museums, reflecting a deep engagement with history and memory.

Acting

2023

Frente a Guernica

as Narrator (voice)

Production

2013

Barbaric Land

as Director

2004

Oh! Man

as Director

1981

2023

2023

1995

Prisoners of War

as Director

1996

1990

1990

2000

Balkan Inventory

as Director

2000

2007

2007

1994

Criminal Animals

as Director

1994

1981

1997

Nocturne

as Director

1992

2008

Film perduto

as Director

1999

Terremoto

as Director

1997

Io ricordo

as Director

1975

Erat Sora

as Director

1975

1984

La lotta eterna

as Director

1994

African Diary

as Director

1998

Trasparenze

as Director

1994

Aria

as Director

2023

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