Sarkis Safaryan was born on February 24, 1898 in village Vank, Yelisavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Martakert Region, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic or Azerbaijan]. He was an art director and production designer, known for
Pepo (1935),
Karo (1937) and
Anahit (1947). He died on August 5, 1975 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].