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Art Sevada or Artak Sevada Grigorian, born July 23, 1972) is an American motion picture screenwriter, producer, director, designer and an entrepreneur.
Early life
Sevada was born in Abovyan, Armenia, in the family of a renown artist Samvel Sevada. He studied violin, piano, and woodwind instruments at the local music school in Abovyan. In 1990 immigrated to United States of America.
Studied at:
- 1991 Herbert Hoover High School, Glendale, California
- 1995 Glendale Community College
- 1997 graduated CSUN University, majoring in Visual Arts Graphic Design
Career
Has released three albums of original music - Palpitation of a Soul' (1995); [[Years of Solitude'] (1998); Disconnected' (2000), All albums exclusively distributed by Garni Records (BMI).
In 1998, founded Sevada Productions where Art executed multimedia and advertising projects for artists, various types of companies and creative firms.
In 2005 Sevada started the filming of the Sevada Short Films Trilogy titled Mikosh starring Ofelia Zakaryan, later followed by As a Beginning and The Rope' starring Michael Poghosian and Sergey Danielyan. In 2008 was invited to shoot a film called Three Colors in Black & White as part of a full-length film project shot by 12 Armenian Directors dedicated to the capital city of Armenia, Yerevan. Currently working on a feature film project about neurolinguistics titled God Syndrome and The Genex a political thriller dedicated to the Armenian Genocide.
Sevada's other ventures include CEO at EdgeArt Entertainment Inc., a media conglomerate specializing in film production and distribution under Dustworx Pictures in Los Angeles; software development under EpixArts; electronic book publishing eBooks under Menua Publishing Ltd.; music production and distribution under YouTempo Music; casting services under Gallagher & Associates; AmeraTrans transportation; Gazan Digital Entertainment Magazine; 3DUMake technologies for [3d]] product development and print; Pentakon Animation Studios; Adronalin Photography, Jobs iWear brand for wearables and high-tech gadgets. The company also holds an annual online DoorFest Los Angeles International film festival.