Vardan Hakobyan，One of Russia`s notable directors of new generation, Vardan Hakobyan (aka Vardan Akobyan), was born on January 14, 1977 - in the family of directors. From 1995 to 1997 he studied in the faculty of Film Directing at the Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute, where as a freshman he directed his first short film "C`est la vie.