::: Big Story in a Small City




	Gor Kirakosian came in to filmmaking out of a passion to tell his stories. As a kid, inspired by comedy movies and all that American cinema had to offer he found his calling. Gor was born in 1981, Yerevan, Armenia. He came to the United States with his family when he was eleven, planting roots in Glendale, California. Gor quickly learned English and after graduating from John Marshall High School he attended Los Angeles City College. There he excelled, laying the groundwork for his time at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. While attending Art Center, he was in the top five percent of his class and along with his studies, he achieved great accomplishments. As a student he completed s short film “I hater the story of Romeo & Juliet” and a feature film “Big story in a small city”. “Big story in a small city” was screened both in Armenia and Los Angeles. He received rave reviews and much as acclaim for his first feature film in which he wrote, directed and edited. Graduating with honors, Gor received his Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2006. Shortly afterwards, he traveled for four months promoting his feature film abroad in Armenia, Russia. During his time in the various production stages of his features, Gor still found time to direct many music videos and commercials for the Armenian entertainment market, many of which have been aired in Los Angeles and in Armenia. In 2006 Gor won “Best Music Video” at the Armenian Music Awards for Mihran’s “Just Like That” music video. In Los Angeles, Gor directed 13 episodes of the Armenian highly acclaimed comedy show titled, “Demq Show” which won “Best TV Entertainment Show” in 2001 at the Armenian Music Awards. He has also directed several stage shows, “Armenian Demq Awards”, “Demq TV” and “Demq Telethon”.