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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Three
Director (Directing)
2025
Frente a Guernica
as Narrator (voice)
2023
Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers. Chapter Two
Director (Directing)
2019
Angela’s Diaries. Two Filmmakers.
Director (Directing)
2018
À propos de nos Voyages en Russie
Director (Directing)
2016
Où en êtes-vous, Yervant Gianikian et Angela Ricci Lucchi?
Director (Directing)
2015
Barbaric Land
Director (Directing)
2013
Electric Fragments No. 7 - Gypsies Toward Bamyan
Director (Directing)
2013
Electric Fragments No. 8 - Shooting Party
Director (Directing)
2013
Malattia, Notes Moscovites 1, Notes Moscovites 2
Director (Directing)
2012
Notes sur nos voyages en Russie 1989-1990
Director (Directing)
2011
Electric Fragments No. 6 - Diary 1989. Dancing in the dark
Director (Directing)
2009
Ti rigalero il mio ultimo respiro
Director (Directing)
2009
Film perduto
Director (Directing)
2008
Ghiro ghiro tondo
Writer (Writing)
2007
Electric Fragments No. 5 - Africa
Director (Directing)
2005
Lumières mystérieuses
Director (Directing)
2005
Electric Fragments No. 4 - Asia
Director (Directing)
2005
Oh! Man
Director (Directing)
2004
Electric Fragments No. 2 - Vietnam
Director (Directing)
2002
Electric Fragments No. 3 - Bodies
Director (Directing)
2002
Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"
Writer (Writing)
2001
Electric Fragments No. 1 - Rom (Uomini)
Director (Directing)
2001
Balkan Inventory
Writer (Writing)
2000
Terremoto
Director (Directing)
1999
On the Heights All Is Peace
Director (Directing)
1998
Trasparenze
Director (Directing)
1998
Nocturne
Director (Directing)
1997
Io ricordo
Director (Directing)
1997
Lo specchio di Diana
Director (Directing)
1996
Prisoners of War
Director (Directing)
1995
Criminal Animals
Writer (Writing)
1994
African Diary
Director (Directing)
1994
Aria
Director (Directing)
1994
Mario Giacomelli - Contact
Director (Directing)
1993
Lettera a un amico
Director (Directing)
1992
People, Years, Life
Director (Directing)
1990
From the Pole to the Equator
Director (Directing)
1987
Return to Khodorciur—Armenian Diary
Director (Directing)
1986
La lotta eterna
Director (Directing)
1984
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler
Director (Directing)
1982
Karagoez catalogo 9,5
Director (Directing)
1981
Essence of Absinthe
Director (Directing)
1981
Karagöz et les brûleurs d'herbes parfumées
Director (Directing)
1979
Catalogo n. 3 - Odore di tiglio attorno alla casa
Director (Directing)
1979
Dal 2 novembre al giorno di Pasqua
Director (Directing)
1976
Cataloghi - Non è altro gli odori che sente
Director (Directing)
1976
Cesare Lombroso - Sull'odore del garofano
Director (Directing)
1976
Un prestigiatore/Una miniaturista
Director (Directing)
1975
Erat Sora
Director (Directing)
1975