Kieren Hovasapian

Kieren (Lee) Hovasapian was born in Orange, New South Wales and mother Elizabeth Hovasapian owns her own business in Cooma (Alpine Country Accountants.) Kieren is of Australian / New Zealand / Scottish heritage, but is more prominently Australian. Kieren grew up in Mount Isa, a mining town, in QLD, where he completed Kindergarten (Mount Isa Christian School) and some of Primary School (Barkley High School). His parents' Elizabeth and Harry (Hrach) Hovasapian then moved to Tumbarumba for a year where his mum worked in Wagga Wagga and where Kieren continued his schooling. Before long they moved again this time to Berridale (NSW) a small town right next to the Snowy Mountains. He completed his Primary School years at Berridale Public, and then completed his Higher School Certificate at Jindabyne Central School (formerly Jindabyne Public School). He was the first among with his year group to formally go from Year 7 to Year 12. A first for the school. It was at this school that Slate Digital (A small Youtube Channel started) with Murray Enders, Samuel Clements, Jay Truscott, Pieter Vennik, Ethan Ross, Bryan Cronan, Connor McIntosh and Elijah Clements plus many more becoming involved in production such as the iFilm award winning Reserve Battery (2011, Slate Digital). The channel has had over 2 million hits and is also now a YouTube Partner. Kieren Hovasapian studied at the University of Canberra, doing Media Arts and Production and was working on small film projects around Canberra. He has recently started his own branding campaign and website, which he is looking to grow into a reputable business structure. KierenLeonardo.com is a place where he looks at Films and analyzes them using the techniques he is learning at University. The website is also a place where people can search for trailers and look up the latest news in Film around the world. After Kieren Hovasapian graduates from University he plans on taking his career to the front stage and move to Los Angeles depending if he applies for AFTRS in Sydney for studying. Time will tell.