‏Garo Berberian‏

Director Garo Berberian was born in Chiswick, London and graduated from Berkshire School of Art and Design with a merit in Photography, also winning Fuji's student street photography award.

Garo then moved into Broadcast Television, rising up through the ranks as an editor, director and executive producer, working on numerous award winning television, documentary, commercial and hard hitting viral campaigns for the NHS.

Garo's first short film - "Return of the Tyke", was the winner of the Best Short Audience award at the 2014 ARPA film festival in Los Angeles. His new film, "Taniel" looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan's life, who was murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film's narrative is heard in poetry and seen through Film Noir images. Shot in Armenia and the UK, the film is voiced by actor Sean Bean, with a soundtrack featuring Philip Glass, Michael Nyman and Tigran Hamasyan.