Frunze Vaghinaki Dovlatyan ( hy, Ֆրունզե Վաղինակի Դովլաթյան; May 26, 1927 in
Gavar
Gavar ( hy, Գավառ) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of Gegharkunik Province. It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height ...
– August 30, 1997 in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
) was an
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
n film director and actor.
People's Artist of USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.
Nomenclature and significan ...
(1983).
Biography
Frunze Dovlatyan was born in
Gavar
Gavar ( hy, Գավառ) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of Gegharkunik Province. It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height ...
,
Soviet Armenia
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
. He was a theater actor before becoming a director. One of the leading Armenian directors, Frunze Dovlatyan has started as actor in Armenian provincial theatres since 1941 and then in
Gabriel Sundukian
Gabriel Sundukian ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյան; 11 July 1825 – 29 March 1912) was an Armenian writer and playwright, the founder of modern Armenian drama. Drama Theatre of Yerevan, where he was awarded
Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to:
* The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...
(major award of that time) for the role of ''Hrair'' in the play "These Stars are Ours", Russian version "Эти Звезды Наши". After graduating the Directing Department of
VGIK
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning
''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...
Moscow (master class of S. Gerasimov). His most well-known film is ''
Barev, yes em'' (''State Prize of Armenia'', 1967). He died in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
at age of seventy. He headed Armenfilm studio in 1980's.
Filmography
* 1961 -
Dima Gorin's Career
* 1966 -
Hello, That's Me!
* 1968 - Saroyan Brothers, creative adviser
* 1972 - Chronicle of Yerevan Days (Khoren Abrahamyan)
* 1979 - Live Long, co-script, dir.
* 1982 - Cry of a Peacock, co-script
* 1982 - International Conference in Venice, script, dir., doc.
* 1982 - Center of Mkhitarian's, doc.
* 1985 - Bridge of Cultures, doc.
* 1990 - Nostalgia (Karot)
References
*
*
External links
*
Biography at Kyavar.com*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dovlatyan, Frunze
1927 births
1997 deaths
People from Gavar
Soviet Armenians
Armenian male film actors
Armenian film directors
Soviet male actors