Arthur Manukyan

Arthur Manukyan (Armenian: Արթուր Մանուկյան, born July 4, 1985) is an Armenian director and producer. He is known for being the producer and director of music videos of Armenian singers. He directed dozens of television projects and events.

Arthur Manukyan
Արթուր Մանուկյան
Born (1985-07-04) July 4, 1985
Vagharshapat, Armenia
NationalityArmenian
Citizenship Armenia
Occupation
  • director
  • producer
Years active2006-
Awards
  • World Armenian Entertainment Awards
  • Pan Armenian Entertainment Awards
  • Best Music Video (Armenchik «Father»)
  • Best Project (Erik «Live in concert»)
  • Europe Armenian Music Awards 2017

Biography

Arthur Manukyan was born on July 4, 1985, in Vagharshapat, Armenia. He finished Middle School in 2002 during which he was also attending to classes in Yerevan Dancing Art State College. He studied film directing in the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography (at the studio of Ruben Gevorgyants) from 2002 to 2008. In 2006, he won the Special Award at the "I am" film festival. From 2008, he started to work at the Public Radio of Armenia as the speaker of "Arevik" children and youth ensemble. From 2009 to 2011, he was the director of the "Witness" television program at the Public Television Company of Armenia. He started to work for ATV channel from 2009 as the director of "Good Morning", "The Flight", "Musical Box", "Pop Encyclopedia" and "Cosmic Show" (special offer from "Cosmopolitan Armenia") programs. From 2011 to 2012, he worked for "ArmNews" channel as a director. He has directed TV programs and mass events, such as the Armenian Stages of International Song Contest "Eurovision", New Year programs[1]", concerts (concert for the 19th Anniversary Celebration of Armenia's Independence (2010), concert of "Amaras" dance band (2015), "Live in concert" by Erik Karapetyan (2015), Martin Mkrtchyan's concert at the Dolby Theater live-performance auditorium (2016), solo concerts of Saro Tovmasyan (2018),[2] Hripsime Hakobyan (2019)[3] and Noro (2019, Dolby Theater)[4]) and advertisement (such as VTB Bank (in Armenia), Ecobank and Gymri beer). He has directed around 40 music video. He worked with many Armenian artists, such as Arame, André, Razmik Amyan, Emmy, Silva Hakobyan, Martin Mkrtchyan, Hasmik Karapetyan, Erik Karapetyan, Hripsime Hakobyan,[5] Iveta Mukuchyan, Armenchik, Armnika, Maro, Nune Yesayan, Lilit Hovhannisyan, Christine Pepelyan, Mihran Tsarukyan, Arpi Gabrielyan, Nadezhda Sargsyan, Arthur Grigoryan, Avet Barseghyan, Anna Avanesyan and so on.

From 2013 he started to work or Armenia TV as the director of "Nane" program. He was nominated and won the "Best Director of Year" title at the World Armenian Entertainment Awards. He started to work at the Public Television Company of Armenia as a director[6] where he directed the "Woman by Fate" (2014-2015) and "Benefice" (2 seasons, from 2016 to 2017) programs. In 2016, he directed the "Almighty Singer" program. During 2017-2018 he directed the "Destinies Beyond the Ocean" TV program.[7]։ In 2019 he organized the opening ceremony of ConIFA Artsakh 2019.[8] Armenian phase of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, RA Prime Minister's "Hero of Our Time" Award Ceremony in Gyumri Black Berd, Opening Ceremony of "Erebuni-Yerevan 2801" Official Event.

Music videos of Eurovision

Eurovision 2017
Main article: Fly with Me (Artsvik song)

On March 18, 2017, the music video of Fly with Me was premiered (the song was released as a digital download on 29 March 2017 through Universal Music), and it was announced that it will be the song of Armenian in Eurovision Song Contest 2017.[9] Arthur Manukyan was the director of the music video of that song.

According to Arthur Manukyan, the song conveyed so much emotion and at the same time caused so many different emotions that he decided to use different symbols in the music video:

This music video is like my own reflection. I was greatly inspired by this song, and I hope that fans and viewers around the world will love it as much as I did.[10]

— Arthur Manukyan

According to the Armenian version of the official website of Eurovision Song Contest, the music video also retains the song's melodic line and attempts to present different ethnic features. Performances and light effects reflected the sun's rays, which, as the song says, shine at the same temperature for everyone.[11][12]

Eurovision 2018
Main article: Qami

In December 2017, Khanagyan was announced as one of the competitors in Depi Evratesil 2018, the Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[13] On 16 January 2018, his song "Qami" was premiered. Khanagyan competed in the second semi-final of Depi Evratesil on 22 February 2018, and became one of the five qualifiers to advance to the final on 25 February. On 25 February, the song was chosen as the winner of the competition.[14] The director of the music video of this song is Arthur Manukyan.[15]

When I first heard the song I instantly thought that the music video should reflect Sevak’s inner world – his emotions and feelings. There aren’t any excessive elements in the video – it is minimalistic, yet very expressive. I wanted to keep it simple and concentrate the attention on Sevak and his song.[16]

— Arthur Manukyan

On 16 March 2018, a teaser of the music video was uploaded to Eurovision's official YouTube channel. It premiered on the same channel on 21 March.[17]

Eurovision 2019
Main article: Walking Out (song)

The music video for "Walking Out", a song by Armenian singer Srbuk which represented Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel,[18] directed by Arthur Manukyan, was teased on 8 March 2019. It was released on Eurovision's official YouTube channel on March 10.[19] The music video was filmed in Armenfilm studio by Factory production.

According to Srbuk:

We wanted to visually portray the emotions within a loving but betrayed heart. When you think you will be filled with joy, but instead there is not enough air to breathe. When you want to share your happiness, but instead you start losing yourself: your hands are tied, your emotions are overwhelming, you keep pretending just to keep your love alive. But what are you waiting for? How long can you play by these rules? These are the questions and emotions visualized in the music video.[20]

— Srbuk

According to Arthur Manukyan,

When I first heard the song, I immediately thought about the images and characters that you already see in the music video. Srbuk's character forces you to approach the work with such simplicity, that is, we didn't try to find complex plot solutions and so on. Symbols too, as you can see, are not too obligatory. Instead, they are relative and invisible, that is, everyone can perceive and interpret them in their own way. Indead, Srbuk's style approach has a big influence on the general structure of the music video.[21]։

— Arthur Manukyan

The music video mostly received positive reviews and has over 6 million views on YouTube.[22]։

Eurovision 2020/ Europe Shine A Light
Main article: Chains on You

In March 2020, he again directed the music video for Armenia's Eurovision entry, the Hip Hop and R&B inspired song Chains on You by Greek-Armenian singer-songwriter Athena Manoukian, which had been selected after winning The Armenian selection in February 2020. The video was released on March 13, and largely sees her in two surroundings - in front of, and on top of, a giant diamond, and on a throne. [23]

“We had only 2 weeks after Depi Evratesil to revamp the song and shoot the music video, and after days and nights of rehearsals and preparations I’m very excited to share the result of our work. It is truly a joy working alongside such a professional team and believe me, we have a lot more surprises coming up!”

— Athena Manoukian explains her song's music video, directed by Manukyan[24]

Whilst Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled the following week, the music video, which had earned widespread praise from fans, [25] would be featured in replacement entertainment such as Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light and Eurovision Song Celebration, and got over 4 million youtube views as of May 26 2020[26]. In a poll on the fan website Wiwibloggs, it was voted for by fans as their second favourite music video out of the would-be 2020 entries.[27]

Works

Filmography
  • 2005-"Traces" (student work)
  • 2005-"I Hate that I Loved Once" documentary film (student work)
  • 2005-"The Small Corner of the Big World" (student work)
  • 2007-"Black and white" documentary film
  • 2008-"The Camp is Our House, We are the Owners" documentary film
  • 2015-"Plastic surgery"
  • 2016-"Azature"

Music videos
YearSingerSongNotes
2009Hasmik Karapetyan"For Your Love"[28]
2010André"Don’t Let"[29]
2010Hayk Kasparov"Come Back"[30]
2010Arpi Gabrielyan"The Love"
2010Arame"She is from a Tale"
2010Erik Karapetyan"La la le"
2010Arame"Beauty"
2012Silva Hakobyan"It is Too Late"
2012Erik Karapetyan"Unavailable"[31]
2012Vladimir Arzumanyan, Angelina Gasparyan"The Best Friend"
2012Silva Hakobyan"Mrutik"[32]
2013Silva Hakobyan, MIC"Don’t Apologize",[33] shot in Los Angeles
2013Erik Karapetyan"I wish I knew"[34]
2013Silva Hakobyan"Leave A Light On"[35]
2013Emmy"Rainbow"[36]
2013Silva Hakobyan"The Bride"[37]
2013Razmik Amyan"Yaro jan"[38]
2013André, Lena Ghazaryan"I Want to Hate You"[39]
2014Lilit Hovhannisyan, Vaché Amaryan"Don't Kill Me"[40]
2014Betty"People Of The Sun",[41] Junior Eurovision 2014
2014Vladimir Arzumanyan"I’m Coming"[42]
2014Lilit Karapetyan"Let Me Live"[43]
2014Silva Hakobyan, Azat Hakobyan"A Story"[44]
2015Narine Dovlatyan"Al Aylugh",[45] Komitas
2015Emmy"Mirror"[46]
2015Erik Karapetyan"Love"[47]
2015Mika"Love",[48] Junior Eurovision 2014
2015Armenchik"Father"[49]
2015Jony Karapetyan"Armenians Abroad",[50] shot in Los Angeles
2017Erik Karapetyan"Universe"[51]
2017Artsvik"Fly with Me",[52] Eurovision 2017
2017Christine Pepelyan"Little by Little",[53] shot in Paris
2017Iveta Mukuchyan"Hayastan jan"[54]
2017Noro, Arminka"Love and Years"[55]
2018Sevak Khanagyan"Wind",[56] Eurovision 2018
2018Nune Yesayan"I Want"[57]
2018Arminka"Give me"[58]
2019Srbuk"Walking out",[22] Eurovision 2019
2019Iveta Mukuchyan"My lovely Armenia"[59]
2020Athena Manoukian"Chains On You",[60] Originally for Eurovision 2020, featured in replacement entertainment after event was cancelled.

Awards
  • 2006 - "I Am" international film festival, Special Award for "The Small Corner of The Big World" film
  • 2010 - 21st Century television award for the music video of Andre's "Don't Let" song as The Best Music Video
  • 2010 - "Top 10" award for the music video of Arpi Gabrielyan's "Love" song as The Best Music Video
  • 2012 - "Top 10" award for the music video of Erik Karapetyan's "Unreal" song as The Best Music Video
  • 2013 - 21st Century television award for the music video of Andre's "I Want to Hate You" song as the Best Music Video
  • 2014 - World Armenian Entertainment Awards for the music video of Andre's "I Want to Hate You" song as the Best Music Video
  • 2016 - Pan Armenian Entertainment Awards for Erik Karapetyan's "Live in Concert" as The Best Concert of The Year
  • 2016 - Pan Armenian Entertainment Awards for the music video of Armenchik's "Father" song as The Best Music Video
  • 2017 - Europe Armenian Music Awards 2017 for Benefice program as The Best TV Program
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