Frunze Vaghinaki Dovlatyan (Armenian: Ֆրունզե Վաղինակի Դովլաթյան; May 26, 1927 – August 30, 1997) was an Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Frunze Dovlatyan
Plaque marking Frunze Dovlatyan's former home in Yerevan, Armenia
Born(1927-05-26)May 26, 1927
DiedAugust 30, 1997(1997-08-30) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter and actor
AwardsPeople's Artist of USSR (1983)

Biography

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Frunze Dovlatyan was born in Gavar, Soviet Armenia, a brother to Vram Dovlatyan. He was a theater actor before becoming a director. He starred as an actor in Armenian provincial theatres from 1941 and then in Gabriel Sundukian Drama Theatre of Yerevan, where he was awarded Stalin Prize for his performance in the role of Hrayr in the play Ays astgherë mern en ("These Stars Are Ours"). In 1959, he graduated from the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov. His most well-known film is Barev, yes em ("Hello, That's Me!", 1967), which received the State Prize of the Armenian SSR. Dovlatyan headed the Armenfilm state film studio in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.[1] He died in Yerevan aged 70. He is buried in Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1943 Davit Bek Melik Mansur
1947 Anahit Vachagan
1958 Ov e meghavor? ("Who is Guilty?") Director only
1958 Inchu e aghmkum getë? ("Why does the River Make Noise?") Manukyan
1960 Yasha Toporkov Mirzoyan
1961 Dima Gorin's Career Co-director with Lev Mirsky
1963 Aravotyan gnatskner ("Morning Trains") Director only
1965 Barev, yes em ("Hello, That's Me!") Zaryan Also director
1968 Saroyan yeghbayrner ("Saroyan Brothers") Hayk Saroyan Also creative adviser
1972 Yerevanyan oreri khronika ("Chronicle of Yerevan Days") Screenwriter (with Perch Zeytuntsyan) and director
1976 Yerkunk ("Birth Pangs") Director only
1976 Khonarhvir galik orvan ("Bow to the Coming Day") professor
1979 Apretsek yerkar ("Live Long") Screenwriter (with Shahen Tatikyan) and director
1982 Siramargi chichë ("The Peacock's Cry") Screenwriter with Arnold Aghababov
1982 Venetiki mijazgayin gitazhoghovë ("International Academic Conference in Venice") Documentary; writer and director
1982 Mkhitaryannerë ("The Mkhitarists") Documentary; writer and director
1982 Mshakuytneri kamurj ("Bridge of Cultures") Documentary; writer and director
1985 Menavor ënkuzeni ("The Lone Walnut Tree") Kamsaryan Also screenwriter (with Arnold Aghababov) and director
1986 Otar khagher ("Foreign Games") Aslanian
1989 Aghbaman ("Garbage Bin") Short film; screenwriter
1986 Karot ("Nostalgia") Director only
1986 Labirintos ("Labyrinth") Abel

References

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  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 185–186. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
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