Yervant Gianikian

DirectorActorEditorWriter Jan 1 (age 84) Merano, Italy 1975–2025 (50 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Oh! Man

Director

Film

From the Pole to the Equator

Director

Film

Prisoners of War

Director

Film

Balkan Inventory

Writer

Film

Barbaric Land

Director

Film

On the Heights All Is Peace

Director

Film

Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"

Writer

Film

Karagoez catalogo 9,5

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)

Movies (1)

Frente a Guernica

2023

as Narrator (voice)

Crew (54)

Movies (54)

Angela's Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Three

2025

Director

Frente a Guernica

2023

Editor

Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Two

2019

Director

Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers.

2018

Director

8.0

À propos de nos Voyages en Russie

2016

Director

Où en êtes-vous, Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi?

2015

Director

Barbaric Land

2013

Director

5.0

Electric Fragments No. 8 - Shooting Party

2013

Director

Electric Fragments No. 7 - Gypsies Toward Bamyan

2013

Director

5.0

Malattia, Notes Moscovites 1, Notes Moscovites 2

2012

Director

Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990

2011

Director

4.0

Electric Fragments No. 6 - Diary 1989. Dancing in the dark

2009

Director

Ti rigalero il mio ultimo respiro

2009

Director

Film perduto

2008

Director

Ghiro ghiro tondo

2007

Director

5.0

Electric Fragments No. 4 - Asia

2005

Director

5.0

Lumières mystérieuses

2005

Director

Electric Fragments No. 5 - Africa

2005

Director

Oh! Man

2004

Director

6.7

Electric Fragments No. 3 - Bodies

2002

Director

Electric Fragments No. 2 - Vietnam

2002

Director

Electric Fragments No. 1 - Rom (Uomini)

2001

Director

Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"

Writer

Balkan Inventory

Writer

Terremoto

Director

On the Heights All Is Peace

1998

Director

6.0

Trasparenze

1998

Director

Nocturne

1997

Director

Io ricordo

1997

Director

Lo specchio di Diana

Director

Prisoners of War

Director

Criminal Animals

Director

Criminal Animals

1994

Writer

African Diary

1994

Director

Aria

1994

Director

Mario Giacomelli - Contact

1993

Director

Lettera a un amico

1992

Director

People, Years, Life

1990

Director

From the Pole to the Equator

1987

Director

6.4

Return to Khodorciur—Armenian Diary

1986

Director

La lotta eterna

1984

Director

Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler

1982

Director

Essence of Absinthe

1981

Director

Karagoez catalogo 9,5

1981

Director

3.0

Catalogo n. 3 - Odore di tiglio attorno alla casa

1979

Director

Karagöz et les brûleurs d'herbes parfumées

1979

Director

Cesare Lombroso - Sull'odore del garofano

1976

Director

Cataloghi - Non è altro gli odori che sente

1976

Director

Dal 2 novembre al giorno di Pasqua

1976

Director

Un prestigiatore/Una miniaturista

1975

Director

Viaggio di la rose

1975

Director

Erat Sora

1975

Director

Essence - Di una personalità limitata al senso dell'odorato

1975

Director

Vladimir Propp- Profumo di lupo

1975

Director