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One of the 20th century's greatest masters of cinema Sergei Parajanov was born in Georgia to Armenian parents and it was always unlikely that his work would conform to the strict socialist realism that Soviet authorities preferred. After studying film and music, Parajanov became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko studios in Kiev, making his directorial debut in 1954, following that with numerous shorts and features, all of which he subsequently dismissed as "garbage". However, in 1964 he was able to make Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965), a rhapsodic celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, and the world discovered a startling and idiosyncratic new talent. He followed this up with the even more innovative The Color of Pomegranates (1969) (which explored the art and poetry of his native Armenia in a series of stunningly beautiful tableaux), but by this stage the authorities had had enough, and Paradjanov spent most of the 1970s in prison on almost certainly rigged charges of "homosexuality and illegal trafficking in religious icons". However, with the coming of perestroika, he was able to make The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985), Ashik Kerib (1988) and The Confession, which survives as Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992), before succumbing to cancer in 1990.- He has graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute in 1954. From 1954 he performed at the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. In 1992 he established and headed "Hamazgain" Theatre. Since 1997 he is the rector of Yerevan Institute of Theatre and Cinema. Besides Armenian films has starred in a number of Russian films, most notable of which is Solaris (1972), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
- He studied in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio, then finished at the Acting Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre. Since 1953 he has performed in the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. He also directed many successful productions, best of them Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths". His cinema career began in 1955. His famous roles in Aybolit-66 (1967), Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), Mimino (1977) earned him the reputation of one of the leading comedy actors in the Soviet Union. But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his real talent and emotional deepness which he put in such classics of Armenian cinema as Yerankyuni (1967),_Menq enq, mer sarere (1970)_, Hayrik (1973), Life Triumphs (1977), Hin oreri yerge (1982), Tango of Our Childhood (1985). Certainly he was the most famous and internationally recognized Armenian artist of the 2nd half of 20th century.
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- Animation Department
Robert Sahakyants was born on 30 August 1950 in Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan]. He was a director and writer, known for Yellow SubmarYAN (2002), Wow, a Talking Fish! (1983) and Ish ty, maslenitsa! (1985). He died on 24 September 2009 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Ashot Nersisyan was born on 14 October 1904 in Aleksandropol, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire [now Gyumri, Armenia]. He was an actor, known for Romeo, moy sosed (1964), Paytyun kesgisherits heto (1969) and Sirtn e yergum (1957). He died on 21 May 1984 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Armen Khostikyan was born on 22 May 1929 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Ktor me yerkinq (1980), Our Yard (1996) and Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980). He died on 22 July 2003 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Gurgen Gabrielyan was born on 3 December 1903 in Shushi, Russia [now Nagorno-Karabagh]. He was an actor, known for The Girl of Ararat Valley (1949), Pepo (1935) and Patvi hamar (1956). He died on 22 March 1956 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
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- Composer
- Additional Crew
Jivan Gasparyan was born on 12 October 1928 in Solag, Armenian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Armenia]. He was a composer, known for The Siege (1998), Blood Diamond (2006) and Syriana (2005). He died on 6 July 2021 in Armenia.- Actor
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One of the leading Armenian directors, Frunze Dovlatyan has started as actor in Armenian provincial theatres since 1941 and then Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan where he was awarded Stalin Premium (major award of that time) for the role of Hrair in the play "These Stars are Ours." After graduating the Directing Department of VGIK (master class of Sergey Gerasimov , he directed movies at Gorky Film Studio then at Mosfilm Studio. Since 1964 he was working at Haifilm Studio. His movie Barev, yes em (1966) became a milestone and turning point in the history of the Armenian cinema.- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
He graduated from the Directing Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre in 1951, then finished Special Director Courses at Moscow Theatre Institute. He worked as director at different Armenian theatres from 1951 to 1954. After 1954 he was one of the leading directors at Armenfilm Studios.- Donara Mkrtchyan was born on 20 April 1941 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), Khatabala (1971) and Adam i Kheva (1970). She was married to Frunzik Mkrtchyan. She died on 15 July 2011 in Sevan, Armenia.
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Hayko was a composer and actor, known for Four Buddies and the Bride (2015), Anniversary Client (2012) and Sunrise over Lake Van (2011). He was married to Yildiz Arhan, Anahit Simonian and Araksi Osepyan. He died on 29 September 2021 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Actor
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- Producer
He has graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute in 1951. Since then worked as an actor, later - director and the executive director of the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. He has been as well the artistic director of the Ajemyan Drama Theatre of Leninakan (now Gyumri). Abrahamyan has played many leading roles in theatre and cinema.- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amasi Martirosyan was born on 18 April 1897 in Erivan, Russian Empire [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He was a director and actor, known for Gikor (1934), Vsegda gotov (1930) and Kaj Nazar (1940). He died on 21 December 1971 in Yerevan, USSR [now Armenia].- Karen Dzhanibekyan was born on 1 July 1937 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Gaghtni khorhrdakane (1989), Trinadtsatyy apostol (1988) and Baghdasare bazhanvum e knojits (1977). He died on 22 March 2015 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Karen Dzhangiryan was born on 15 March 1948 in Baku, USSR. He was an actor, known for Gaghtni khorhrdakane (1989), Mardn Olimposits (1976) and I togda ty vernyoshsya (1976). He died on 26 December 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Mamikon Manukyan was born on 14 February 1927 in Goris, Armenia. He was an actor, known for Lalvari vorskane (1967), Kseniya, lyubimaya zhena Fyodora (1974) and Kapitan Arakel (1986). He died on 22 April 1995 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Mikael Hovsepyan was born on 21 May 1953 in Yerevan, Armenia, USSR. He was an actor, known for Yerankyuni (1967). He died on 12 February 1991 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Gegam Grigorian was born on 29 January 1951 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia]. He was an actor, known for War and Peace (1991), La forza del destino (1997) and Great Arias: La Forza del Destino (1997). He was married to Irena Mackeviciute and Valerija. He died on 23 March 2016 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Alexander Harutyunyan was born on 23 September 1920 in Erivan [now Yerevan], Armenia. He was a composer and actor, known for Sirtn e yergum (1957), Urvakannere heranum en lernerits (1955) and O moyom druge (1959). He died on 28 March 2012 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Composer
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Edward M. Mirzoyan was born in May 1921 in Georgia. In 1936 he became a student of Yerevan State Conservatory, where he graduated in five years. In 1942, he served in the Soviet Army. During the Second World War, wrote many songs with a patriotic military sense. In 1946 he started working in the Russian capital in the music studio at the House of Culture. Created a lot of music, including the famous "Quartet." In 1948 he arrived in Yerevan. This period is known as the most productive and creative in the composer's life. During this time he wrote a symphony for strings and a sonata for piano and cello. Yerevan Mirzoyan taught composition class at a local conservatory. The graduates of his class - known musical figures of the like: Avet Terterian, Constantine Orbelian, Robert Amirkhanian. In Evarda Mirzoyan many titles and regalia. He honored the Armenian SSR, People's Artist of the USSR and Armenian SSR. Composer was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Emblem of Honor. Declared the winner of the State Prize of the Soviet Union. He also as the father of Armenian classical music. He made an enormous contribution to the art of his country and the world.- Azat Sherents studied in Armenian Theatre Studio in Moscow (R. Simonov's master-class) in 1934-1937. He acted on the stage of Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan in 1931-34 then in Leninakan Drama Theatre for three years in 1937-1968. Since 1968 he worked at Armenfilm Studio starring in a number of Armenian films.
- Hrant Matevosyan was born on 3 March 1935 in Agnidzor, Armenian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Armenia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Menq enq, mer sarere (1969), Autumn Sun (1977) and Rasstanemsya - poka khoroshie (1991). He died on 19 December 2002 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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- Actor
Valentin Podpomogov was born on 29 April 1924 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR. He was an art director and director, known for Karine (1969), The Legend of Lake Parvana (1970) and Mi katil meghr (1968). He died on 18 July 1998 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Art Department
- Art Director
Minas Avetisyan was born in 1928 in Armenia. He was an art director, known for Khatabala (1971), Haykakan vormnankarner (1972) and Boy with a Movie Camera. He died in 1975 in Armenia.- Director
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- Script and Continuity Department
Graduated from Yerevan State University (the Romano-Germanic Philology Department), Yerevan Institute of Literature and Moscow Institute of World Literature, he came into cinema while practicing in Mosfilm Studios in 1960s. There he assisted Andrei Tarkovsky during the shooting of his _Andrei Rublyov (1969)_. worked at Armenfilm Studios as an editor, assistant director and film director. Tarkovsky was the creative adviser of the Hovhanissian's first feature film "Winepress (Sour Grape)".- Composer
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Artemi Ayvazyan was born on 26 June 1902 in Baku, Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]. He was a composer, known for Television Theater (1953), Mor sirte (1958) and Inchu e aghmkum gete (1959). He died on 14 November 1975 in Yerevan, USSR [now Armenia].- Yuri Amiryan was born on 12 November 1938 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Color of Pomegranates (1969), Yerkunq (1977) and Kapitan Arakel (1986). He died on 23 January 2004 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Arman Manaryan was born on 15 December 1929 in Arak, Iran. He was a director and writer, known for Karine (1969), Enker Panjuni (1992) and Another Five Days (1978). He died on 16 February 2016 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Actor
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- Cinematographer
He graduated Yerevan Teaching Seminary in 1917. Before joining the Armenian Theatre of Tiflis (Tbilisi) in 1923 he performed in theatrical troupes Zarifyan-Abelyan, Armenyan, Kharazyan. From 1924 to his death he was one of the leading actors of Sundukyan Drama Theatre in Yerevan. His most famous role in cinema was Grigor-agha from Zhayre (1975).- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laert Vagharshyan was born on 6 June 1922 in Krasnodar, RSFSR [now Russia]. Laert was a director and writer, known for Kochvatz en aprelu (1961), Martiros Saryan (1965) and Arajin siro yerge (1958). Laert died on 30 January 2000 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Murad Kostanyan was born on 25 August 1902 in Haftvan, Salmas, Persia. He was an actor, known for Sevani dzknorsnere (1939), Sirtn e yergum (1957) and Svet i teni (1933). He died on 3 January 1989 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Nona Petrosyan was born on 29 September 1937 in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR. She was an actress, known for Autumn Sun (1977), Khoshor shahum (1980) and Otar khagher (1986). She died on 3 February 1993 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- He was one of the great Iranian painters and one of the pioneers of Iranian modern painting. He was specially interested in a traditional school of painting called "coffee-house painting" and aimed to revive it through blending with modern ideas. He left Iran after 1979 revolution and stayed for some years in US. In 1989 he was invited to USSR and then resided in Armenia till his death.
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Aram Asatryan was born on 3 March 1953 in Echmiazin, Armenia, USSR [now Echmiazin, Armenia]. He died on 7 November 2006 in Oshakan, Armenia.- Director
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- Producer
Ruben Gevorkyants was born on 30 November 1945 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia]. He was a director and writer, known for Kghziner (1987), Requiem (1989) and Autumn of the Magician (2009). He died on 23 June 2017 in Yerevan, Armenia.- David Malyan studied in Armenian Drama studio in Tbilisi in 1922-1923. He worked in the theatres in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Leninakan (now Gyumri). From 1932 he was one of the leading actors of the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan.
- Born on the 24th November 1895 in Nikomedia (now Izmit, Turkey) and died on the 6tyh November 1961 in Yerevan. Studied in French and American colleges in Constantinople (now Istanbul). Since 1915 - performed in different Armenian theatrical troupes; 1922 - moved to Armenia. Since 1923 - worked in the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. Was one of the leading Armenian cinema and theatre actors.
- Babken Nersisyan was born on 18 July 1917 in Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russia [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was an actor, known for Hyusisayin tziatzan (1960), Msyo Zhake yev urishner (1966) and Qaos (1974). He died on 14 February 1986 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Zaven Abrahamyan was born on 13 August 1948 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Ovod (1980), Party Up (2016) and The Last Teacher (2019). He died on 27 November 2020 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Vahagn Bagratuni was born on 12 March 1938 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia]. He was an actor, known for Andzamb tchanachum em (1958), Pepo (1935) and Bakililar (1938). He died in 1991 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Georgy Chepchyan was born on 27 September 1927 in Rostov-na-Donu, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Zemlya Sannikova (1973), Eto sladkoe slovo - svoboda! (1972) and Lekarstvo protiv strakha (1978). He died on 14 January 2016 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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- Sound Department
Leonard Sarkisov was born on 5 September 1931 in Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Ganja, Azerbaijan]. He was an actor, known for Astghayin amar (1979), Prikazano vzyat zhivym (1984) and Ktor me yerkinq (1980). He died on 28 October 1998 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Make-Up Department
- Actor
Aram Samvelyan was born on 28 September 1908 in Akhaltsikhe, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Georgia]. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Sevani dzknorsnere (1939), Karine (1969) and Barev, yes em (1966). He died on 1 October 1991 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Verjaluys Mirijanyan was born on 22 December 1916 in Igdir, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Turkey]. She was an actress, known for The Men (1973), Odnoselchane (1974) and Hin oreri yerge (1982). She died on 3 February 1992 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Hambartsum Khachanyan was born on 13 February 1894 in Trapezund, Ottoman Empire [now Trabzon, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Honor (1925), Hinge khndzorin (1928) and Khaspush (1928). He died on 30 June 1944 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
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- Music Department
Gohar Gasparyan was born in 1924 in Egypt. She was an actress, known for V etot prazdnichnyi vecher (1959), Karine (1969) and Lernayin ltchi gaghtniqe (1954). She died on 15 April 2007 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Music Department
- Composer
- Editorial Department
Emin Khachaturyan was born on 5 August 1930. He was a composer, known for Stalker (1979), Ivan's Childhood (1962) and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967). He died on 5 August 2000 in Yerevan, Armenia.- Lorents Arushanyan was born on 6 July 1935 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]. He was an actor, known for Dzentzaghikner yev Edelveysner (1982), Agent sekretnoy sluzhby (1979) and Eto sladkoe slovo - svoboda! (1972). He was married to Alvard Petrosyan. He died on 26 March 2017 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Tatul Dilakyan was born on 31 March 1913 in Van, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Gikor (1934), Sevani dzknorsnere (1939) and Mer kolkhozi mardik (1940). He died on 12 August 1975 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].