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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was awarded the Armenian Republican State Prize in 1975 for "Triangle" and again in 1979 for "Snow in Mourning." He was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1985. Dzhigarkhanyan began his acting career in 1955 at the Russian Stanislavsky Theatre in Yerevan, and in 1967 moved to the Lenkom Theatre in Moscow. In 1969 he joined the Mayakovsky Academic Theatre. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Dzhigarkhanyan worked as assistant cameraman at Armenfilm studios in 1953-1954.- Actor
- Director
- 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.- 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.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
A pioneer of cinema in Armenia and the Caucasus, Amo Bek-Nazaryan began his career as a professional athlete. However, he later discovered film, joined the cinema as an actor in 1914, and soon became one of the major stars in the pre-Soviet Russian cinema. In 1918, he graduated from the Moscow Commercial Institute. In 1921, he became the head of the film section of Narkompros in Georgia and later a director of Goskinprom in Georgia. Like his friend and colleague, the Georgian cinema pioneer Ivane Perestiani, Bek-Nazaryan sought to incorporate avant-garde techniques popular in NEP-era Soviet films into conventional narrative frameworks.
In 1924, he returned to his native city of Yerevan where he became one of the founders of Armenkino (the predecessor to Armenfilm). He directed the first full-length Armenian feature film, Honor (1925), in collaboration with Sakhkinmretsvi in Georgia. He also directed the romantic film Natela (1926) with the glamorous Nato Vachnadze that same year and, the following year, he directed the first Kurdish film, Zare (1927). In the 1930s, he directed the first Armenian sound film, Pepo (1935), based on a play by Gabriel Sundukyan and with music by the renown Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan. For this production, he earned the title People's Artist of the Armenian SSR.
Following World War II, he directed the film Erkrord karavan (1950) about the repatriation of Armenians living in the United States to Soviet Armenia. This production was canceled by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a move that personally hurt Bek-Nazaryan. Following this, he did not direct any more films until after the death of Stalin in 1953. After Bek-Nazaryan's death in 1965, Armenfilm adopted his name to their full, official title in his honor. Today, he is widely regarded as the founder of Armenian cinema.- Director
- Writer
Albert S. Mkrtchyan was born on 8 August 1926 in Erivan, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He was a director and writer, known for Kazyonnyy dom (1989), Puteshestvie budet priyatnym (1983) and Zakonnyy brak (1985). He died on 22 February 2007 in Moscow, Russia.- Edgar Oganesyan was born on 14 January 1930 in Erivan, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He was a composer, known for Paytyun kesgisherits heto (1969), Patvi hamar (1956) and Lovtsy gubok (1960). He died on 28 December 1998 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Arno Arutyunovich Babajanian (Babadzhanyan) was born on January 22, 1921, in Erevan (now Yerevan), Armenia. His father, named Arutyun Babajanian, was a mathematician and also an excellent flute player of the Armenian folk music. At the age of 5, he was noticed by composer Aram Khachaturyan, who recommended that Babajanian must study music seriously.
In 1928 he was admitted to the group of gifted children at the Yerevan Conservatory. At the age of 9, Babajanian wrote his first composition, 'Pioneer's March'. He was very good at sight-reading and had a remarkable memory. His piano playing at the young age was already marked by unusual power of expression and technical finesse. At the age of 12, Arno Babajanian became the winner of the First Prize at the Armenian Republic National Competition of the Young Musicians. There Babajanian performed the piano sonata No. 4, by Ludwig van Beethoven and 'Rhondo Capriccioso' by Felix Mendelssohn.
Babajanian continued his music studies under the tutelage of the notable Armenian composer Sergei S. Barkhudaryan (Barkhudarov) from 1936-38. In 1938 Babajanian moved to Moscow and was admitted to the graduate level at the Gnesin School of Music, where he studied piano with Yelena Gnesina and composition with Vissarion Shebalin. His talent was noticed by many intellectuals in Moscow. He continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory. There he studied piano under the famous concert pianist Konstantin Igumnov, who guided Babajanian through the wisdom of the 'Well Tempered Clavier' by Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as the piano works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ludwig van Beethoven and Frédéric Chopin. He also studied composition under the notable ethnomusicologist 'Heinrich Litinsky' at the House of Armenian Culture in Moscow. Babajanian graduated as a concert pianist and as composer in 1948. He was a professor at the Yerevan Conservatory from 1950-1956. While in Armenia Babajanian composed his most celebrated concert works such as the 'Heroic Ballade' for piano and orchestra (1950), the 'Armenian Rhapsody' for two pianos (1950), and the acclaimed 'Piano Trio' (1952).
Babajanian became famous with his title song for the film 'Song of the First Love' (1958). It became a popular radio hit and a best-selling record in the former Soviet Union. At that time the cultural "Thaw" was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev and that allowed some degree of artistic freedom of expression. Babajanian wrote many popular songs in collaboration with the leading poets such as Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Andrei Voznesensky, Bella Akhmadulina and others. In partnership with the popular singer Muslim Magomayev Babajanian produced many successful recordings. He also composed a large-scale 'Cello Concerto' (1959) dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, and important music for piano, especially his innovative 'Six Pictures for Piano' (1965).
Arno Babajanian created a successful cross-cultural style of his own. His original style absorbed a variety of influences including jazz, rock'n roll, classical music, and the traditional Armenian folk-music. Babajanian's original style is immediately recognizable by everyone who once heard his classical compositions and popular hits. He dedicated himself to teaching and concertizing instead of becoming a prolific composer. He died on November 11, 1983, in Moscow.- Silva Kaputikyan was born on 19 January 1929 in Erivan, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Yerevan, Armenia]. She died on 25 August 2006 in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Director
- Writer
Dmitri Kesayants was born on 18 June 1931 in Erivan, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He is a director and writer, known for Zinvorn u pighe (1978), Avtomeqenan taniqi vra (1981) and Catastrophe (1993).- Director
- Production Designer
- Writer
Ruben Muradyan was born on 20 March 1934 in Erivan, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He is a director and production designer, known for Doroga na kray zhizni (1995), Odnoselchane (1974) and Lyubov nemolodogo cheloveka (1990).- 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 Vsegda gotov (1930), Gikor (1934) and Kaj Nazar (1940). He died on 21 December 1971 in Yerevan, USSR [now Armenia].- Cinematographer
- Actor
Artashes Jalalyan was born on 15 June 1913 in Erivan, Russian Empire [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Paytyun kesgisherits heto (1969), Artakarg handznararutyun (1966) and O moyom druge (1959). He died on 5 March 1985 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Garri Musheghyan was born on 19 May 1910 in Erivan, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yerevan, Armenia]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Lernayin arshav (1939), Hastseatiroj voronumnere (1955) and Kochvatz en aprelu (1961). He died in 1986.- Actor
- Director
- 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).- Art Director
- Director
- Actor
In 1949 he graduated from the artistic department of VGIK, and animating courses of "Soyuzmultfilm" (Moscow). During 1950 he was art director of Yerevan Young Spectator Theater, and between 1950-52, art director of Puppet Theater. Since 1953 he has worked at Armenfilm. In the 1960s, along with Valentin Podpomogov and Stepan Andranikyan he revived the Armenian animation film.