Other names Armen Kevorkian Other name Armen Kevorkian | Years active 1999–present | |
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Occupation Television visual effects supervisor, director, producer Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects People also search for Gevork Babityan, Matt Scharf | ||
Armen V. Kevorkian is an EMMY Award-winning American-Armenian visual effects supervisor and television director.
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He is known for his prevalent contributions to Greg Berlanti and The CW's Arrowverse, namely The Flash.
Career
Kevorkian began his career on Star Trek: Voyager, as a visual effects associate. He was with the series until its conclusion in 2001. He then merged to Star Trek: Enterprise, where he worked in effects for 70 episodes. He was then hired to coordinate visual effects for the two-part pilot of J.J. Abrams' Lost. He went on to work for Abrams again on the final season of Alias. His first job as a supervisor came with ABC's new fall 2005 series Invasion. He worked in that capacity until the series was cancelled after its second season. He would go on to work as a supervisor on such series as Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Brothers & Sisters, Ghost Whisperer, Weeds, GCB, Castle, Unforgettable, Political Animals, The Newsroom, Ray Donovan, Homeland, Hawaii Five-0, The Tomorrow People and Lab Rats. As well as the pilots for Reckless, The Lottery, and The Mysteries of Laura. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role for his work on the Cinemax series Banshee.
Arrowverse
Having worked for prolific producer Greg Berlanti on Brothers & Sisters, The Tomorrow People, and Political Animals, Kevorkian joined him yet again for his new Arrow spin-off The Flash. Working on the series he gained fame and recognition for his visual achievements. In 2015, Kevorkian boarded Supergirl, which was initially broadcast on CBS and not a part of The CW's Arrowverse. However, after the conclusion of the first season the series moved to the sibling network. In 2016, Kevorkian began work on Berlanti's newest addition to the universe DC's Legends of Tomorrow. The same year, he made his directorial debut, helming The Flash's second-season episode, "Rupture". He most recently directed the third episode of the third season, "Magenta". He was nominated in 2015 for his work on the episode "Grodd Lives" of the series.