Maria Sergeevna Saakyan (Russian: Мария Сергеевна Саакян, Armenian: Մարիա Սերգեյի Սահակյան, 24 July 1980 – 28 January 2018) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, animator and editor.
She is known for her work in movies like Farewell, Mayak, Honey Money among others.
She is the granddaughter of the Armenian poet Seda Vermisheva.
In 1996, she entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, faculty of directing film and television, the workshop of Vladimir Kobrin.
Saakyan was the mother of five children, her husband was Jeff Kalousdian, an American of Armenian descent.