- Award-winning documentarian, voiceover artist and actor, Harut Sassounian has a track record as a successful publisher, syndicated columnist, TV commentator, political analyst, author, lecturer, and human rights activist.
His weekly commentaries, translated into half a dozen languages, appear in over 200 publications and websites around the world, including The Huffington Post.
As Senior Vice President of MGM's Kirk Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation, Mr. Sassounian supervised significant infrastructure projects in Armenia.
He has been involved in international diplomacy for several decades as a specialist on the Middle East, particularly on the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Armenian Genocide, and Turkey-Azerbaijan issues.
He has a Master's degree in International Affairs, a Certificate in Middle East Studies from Columbia University in New York, and an MBA from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles.
Mr. Sassounian speaks fluent English, Armenian, French, Arabic and Turkish.
- IMDb mini biography by: A. NeVart
- Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary: "Armenia: Bittersweet Freedom." (1994)
Served as a delegate to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1978 to 1988.
Recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2008.
President of the "Armenia Artsakh Fund" and its predecessor, the "United Armenian Fund", which have procured and distributed over $730 million of humanitarian aid to Armenia and Artsakh (Karabagh) since 1989.
As a world-renown expert, serves as Consultant to movies and TV shows on historical accuracy of Middle East conflicts.
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