Shant Dolbakian
- Editor
- Writer
- Animation Department
Shant Dolbakian is a Toronto based award-winning Director,
Screenwriter, Editor and Actor. He has experience in cinematography,
visual effects, end editing.
Early Life Shant grew up in a small town in northern Italy. As a child he always experimented with the family camcorder and as a teenager he directed a comedy webseries with his friends. After a few years of studying visual effects and film techniques, in april 2011 Shant decided to leave everything and move to Toronto to pursue his career more seriously.
Career Director, Writer As a director and writer Dolbakian found his voice through several dark shorts. He wrote and directed The Fix (2012) a critically acclaimed short drama starring two kids dealing with a tragic past. The film premiered at the Toronto Global Community Film Festival and received hundreds of positive reviews online. He later wrote and directed Happy Days (2012) made for the 48GoGreen Film Festival and won the Best Film Prize. The film will be screened at the Academy of Motion picture and science in Hollywood in april 2013. Dolbakian's latest work is True Human (2013), his most ambitious dark film so far. The film is now in the distribution phase.
Editor Dolbakian always edits his own films and currently works as an editor for filmmakers and companies.
Actor Dolbakian acted in several shorts, Shant has also dabbled in acting, landing his first audition as a drug dealer in the K'Naan & Nelly Furtado music video for the song Is There Anybody Out There? (2012). He recently played the main part in the Peter Jackson & Lukas Rossi music video for the song 18 to Life (2013).
Early Life Shant grew up in a small town in northern Italy. As a child he always experimented with the family camcorder and as a teenager he directed a comedy webseries with his friends. After a few years of studying visual effects and film techniques, in april 2011 Shant decided to leave everything and move to Toronto to pursue his career more seriously.
Career Director, Writer As a director and writer Dolbakian found his voice through several dark shorts. He wrote and directed The Fix (2012) a critically acclaimed short drama starring two kids dealing with a tragic past. The film premiered at the Toronto Global Community Film Festival and received hundreds of positive reviews online. He later wrote and directed Happy Days (2012) made for the 48GoGreen Film Festival and won the Best Film Prize. The film will be screened at the Academy of Motion picture and science in Hollywood in april 2013. Dolbakian's latest work is True Human (2013), his most ambitious dark film so far. The film is now in the distribution phase.
Editor Dolbakian always edits his own films and currently works as an editor for filmmakers and companies.
Actor Dolbakian acted in several shorts, Shant has also dabbled in acting, landing his first audition as a drug dealer in the K'Naan & Nelly Furtado music video for the song Is There Anybody Out There? (2012). He recently played the main part in the Peter Jackson & Lukas Rossi music video for the song 18 to Life (2013).
