- Henrik Malyan
Henrik Sureni Malyan ( _hy. Հենրիկ Մալյան, _ru. Генрих Суренович Малян, also transliterated Guenrikh Malian;
September 30 ,1925 –March 14 ,1988 ) was aSoviet Armenianfilm director and writer.He was born in
Telavi , Georgia. From 1942-1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory inTbilisi . In 1951 he concluded studies in film direction from the Yerevan Theatre Institute (Ереванский художественно-театральный институт). Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theaters in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from theMoscow Theatre Institute . From 1954 on he worked with the film studioArmenfilm . [cite web|url=http://www.arm-cinema.am/personalities/Directors/|title=Henrik Malyan|work=Armenian Association of Film-Critics and Cinema-Journalists|accessdate=2007-11-13]His 1977 film "Life Triumphs" ("Nahapet") is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the
Armenian Genocide . [cite web|url=http://www.deutschesfilmmuseum.de/pre/ft3.php?id=body&|title=Fokus Armenian|language=German|work=Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main|accessdate=2007-11-13] It was exhibited in the 1978
Cannes Film Festival . [cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/index.php/en/archives/films/year/1978|title=All the Films - Festival 1978|work=Festival de Cannes|accessdate=2007-11-13]In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works. [cite web|url=http://www.highfest.am/malyan.html|title=Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio|work=High Fest International Performing Arts Festival|accessdate=2007-11-13]
In 1982 he was named a
People's Artist of the USSR . [cite web|url=http://lib.deport.ru/slovar/bes/m/51814.html|title=Malyan|work=Encyclopedic dictionary|accessdate=2007-11-12]Films
:As director unless noted.
* "Guys from the Army Band " (1961)
* "Road to the Stage " (1963)
* "Mr. Jacques and Others " (1966, "The Sham Informer" segment)
* "Triangle" (1967)
* "We and Our Mountains " (1970)
* "Father" (1973)
* "Life Triumphs " ("Nahapet"; 1977, also writer)
* "A Piece of Sky " (1980, also writer)
* "Gikor " (1982, writer)
* "A Drop of Honey " (1984, also writer)
* "White Dreams " (1985, writer)
* "Yearning" (1990, writer)Notes
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