One of the leading directors of the Armenian cinema art, Frunze Dovlatyan, was born on May 27, 1927 in Nor Bayazet (Gavar), Soviet Armenia.
He started his career as an actor in Armenian provincial theatres since 1941. He then played in Yerevan's Gabriel Sundukian Drama Theatre, where he was awarded Stalin Prize (for the role of Hrair in the play “These Stars are Ours”, Russian version “.
Dovlatyan graduated the Directing Department of VGIK Moscow (master class of S.Gerasimov. His best-known film, Barev, yes em (Hello, It's Me) won the State Prize of Armenia in 1967.
In 1968, Dovlatyan became the creative adviser of Saroyan Brothers, a film featuring the tragic lot of two brothers, Hayk and Gework, who appeared on different sides of a political struggle in Armenia after World War I. In 1972 he directed Chronicle of Yerevan Days. His filmography also includes such movies and documentaries as Live Long (1979), Cry of a Peacock (1982), International Conference in Venice (1982), Center of Mkhitarian’s (1982), Bridge of Cultures (1985) and Nostalgia (1990).
Dovlatyan died on August 30, 1997 in Yerevan.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
May 27 Armenian film director Frunze Dovlatyan=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s birthday
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