Alan Melikdjanian

Alan Melikdjanian

director, writer, producer

Alan Melikdjanian was born on Apr 13, 1980 in USSR [now Latvia]. Alan Melikdjanian's big-screen debut came with Zomblogalypse directed by Hannah Bungard in 2022.

Alan Melikdjanian is the son of a well-known Soviet-era Russian circus performer Vilen Melikdjanian. At a very young age, he developed impressive drawing skills, designing characters and worlds in countless caricatures and comic strips. He considered pursuing a career in animation, but eventually his interests evolved into filmmaking. Alan started his early attempts at films typically: armed with a friend's wind-up 8mm camera and a series of old books about trick photography. At age 12, Alan immigrated to the United States with his family. He began to study film academically. As a student he created a series of ambitious projects that incorporated good story-telling and creative use of subtle (and not so subtle) visual effects. Directing the short film "The Realm" earned him a Best Thesis Director award at film school. He graduated from college with a BFA Degree in Film Production. Quickly gaining several professional credits as director, he has continued to work in other capacities, such as editor, visual effects supervisor and composer.

  • Birthday

    Apr 13, 1980
  • Place of Birth

    Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Shorty Awards
2019
Best in Weird
Winner - Shorty Award

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