From 1988 to 1991, Vardan Hovhannisyan was a freelance cameraman and covered the hot regions and ethnic conflicts related to the post-Soviet transition for the international news.
He has also been the executive producer of documentaries for organizations such as the United Nations, USAID, OSCE, the British Council and Oxfam.
Recently, he produced the documentary The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia, an international co-production with NHK, ITVS, YLE, SVT, TVP.
Vardan is also developing documentary films in Africa, Russia, Afghanistan, and at the North and South Poles.
Vardan is a certified sports-plane pilot and first-class parachutist, experienced in aerial film shooting.