Captain Disillusion is a Latvian-American YouTube star who is well known for posting comedy and educational videos on his YouTube channel.
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REAL NAME | Alan Melikdjanian |
Birth Date | 13 April 1980 |
Birth Place | Riga, Latvia |
Age | 41 years |
Profession | YouTuber |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Nationality | Latvian, American |
Also Working As | Independent Filmmaker |
Gender | Male |
family | data |
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Father | Vilen Melikdjanian |
Mother | Tatiana Melikdjanian |
Debut/Fame | data |
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Debut | Captain Disillusion (YouTube Channel 2007) |
Fame | Posting comedy, educational videos on YouTube |
Education and Net Worth | data |
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School | William H. Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami |
College/University | Miami International University of Art & Design |
Qualification | Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film Production |
Social Links | data |
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www.facebook.com/CaptainDisillusion | |
twitter.com/cdisillusion | |
www.instagram.com/CaptainDisillusion | |
YouTube | www.youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion |
Official Site | captaindisillusion.com |
YouTube | www.youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion |
He started his YouTube channel on 18 September 2007 with the same name. Melikdjanian amassed 2.19M subscribers on his channel. Melikdjanian is the creator of the web series Captain Disillusion, which focuses on the critical study of visual effects and video editing while encouraging critical thinking and skepticism.
Melikdjanian co-founded FilmNet.com and was the co-founder and chief creative officer of Openfilm.
The Huffington Post, Kotaku, Russian TV International, Phil Plait, the James Randi Educational Foundation, Fortean Times, Home Media Magazine, and Sun-Sentinel, among others, have praised Melikdjanian’s work. People have also thanked him for the debunking videos that they had shared.
Captain Disillusion is a YouTube web series that tackles paranormal and illusion films provided by others on YouTube, according to Melikdjanian in an interview for The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe in 2008.