Arsha Amartsumovna Ovanesova (, ; 1906 – 1990) was a Soviet Armenian documentary film director, screenplay writer, actress, and educator.

Biography

Arsha Ovanesova was born on December 23, 1906, in either

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or Baku, in the

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(now

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). At the age of 13, her mother died. From 1918 to 1919, she lived in

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to escape the Russian Revolution and the

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; followed by a moved in 1920 to Baku. She attended Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) from 1926 to 1932, where she graduated from. From 1931 to 1961, Ovanesova was a director at the Soyuzkinohronika (now Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films). She helped found , as well as serving as the director and editor of the filmed newsreel from 1931 to 1946. Her film ''Unusual Encounters'' (1958) traces the lives of the people in the early publication of ''Pioneer,'' spanning 20 years. She taught film at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, starting in 1947. In 1943, she became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). She was a Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1947). In 1950 she received the Stalin Prize (later known as the

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) and the

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. She died on May 6, 1990, and is buried at

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in Moscow. Ovanesova was married to cameraman , who survived her.

Filmography

Writer

* 1949, ''World Youth Festival'' (; ) * 1954, '' The Secret of Mountain Lake'' (russian: Тайна горного озера, translit=Lernayin ltchi gaghtniqe)

Director

* 1940, ''Pioneer Truth'' () * 1946, ''A Story About Our Children'' () * 1948, ''30 Years of the Komsomol'' () * 1949, ''World Youth Festival'' (), a documentary about the

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event. * 1958, ''Unusual Encounters'' ()

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ovanesova, Arsha 1906 births 1990 deaths Soviet film directors Soviet film actresses Soviet screenwriters Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Recipients of the USSR State Prize Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet Armenians Soviet women film directors