He received a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematography from the AFI Conservatory in 2023, where he completed a large portfolio that culminated in his thesis When Big People Lie. Miko’s work spans over 20 years on shorts, features, period, and war pictures. He has also worked on documentaries, 3D and VR projects, dance films, music videos, and commercials worldwide, including in Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, and the USA.
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Miko Malkhasyan’s "Cunningham" premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and the New York International Film Festival.
He received the award for Best Cinematography at the New Port Beach Film Festival for the dance film "Nora" and the Grand Prize for Cinematography at the Golden Eye Festival of Cinematography. He is the Vice President of the ACG (Armenian Cinematography Guild) and a proud member of The Armenian National Film Academy.
“The elegance of the cinematography (by Mko Malkhasyan) turns these passages into the stanzas of a visual poem.”
Marina Harss
So suit the works featured in Mko Malkhasyan’s cinematography that you feel immersed not distanced, totally inside what you’re watching.”
Kenneth Turan
"The camera, choosing what you see, diminishes the feeling of simultaneity. But by moving into and through the dances in 3-D, it offers an immersive sense of what Cunningham called “a space in which anything can happen.” It helps you see how the air around a dancer can seem as alive as the flesh.”
Brian Seibert
​​"In collaboration with her cinematographer Mko Malkhasyan, Kovgan navigates this complex arrangement of ideas, moves and objects swiftly.” ​​
Tomris Laffly