Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan ( hy, Էդմոնդ Քյոսայան; russian: Эдмонд Гарегинович Кеосаян; 9 October 1936 – 21 April 1994) 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 ''Ox ...

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film director and musician. * 1952-54 - worked in Yerevan watch factory. 1954-56 - studied in Plekhanov Moscow Institute of Economy. * 1956-58 - studied in

Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography The Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography (YSITC; hy, Երևանի թատրոնի և կինոյի պետական ինստիտուտ) is a state university and higher education institution based in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. ...

, worked as a compere. * 1964 - graduated from 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 ...

(

Efim Dzigan Yefim Lvovich Dzigan (russian: Ефим Львович Дзиган; 14 December 1898 – 31 December 1981) was a Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Filmography Director * '' First Cornet Streshnev'' ( ...

's master class). * Since 1964 - director at Mosfilm Studio. Occasionally worked at Armenfilm Studio. He was also a compere of the Soviet State Variety Orchestra. His films are mainly in the

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and

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s. He died on 21 April 1994 and was buried in the

Kuntsevo Cemetery The Kuntsevo Cemetery (russian: Ку́нцевское кла́дбище, kúntsevkoye kládbishche) is a cemetery servicing Kuntsevo, Moscow. It is located on the bank of the Setun River, to the south of the Mozhaisk Highway (the continuation o ...

Filmography

*1964: ''Why are you quiet Maxim? (Gde ty teper, Maxim?)'' *1965: '' The Cook'' *1966: ''

The Elusive Avengers ''The Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Неуловимые мстители, translit. ''Neulovimye mstiteli'') is a 1967 Soviet adventure film directed by Edmond Keosayan and made by Mosfilm. It is loosely based on the novel ''Red Devils'' b ...

(Neulovimye mstiteli/Неуловимые мстители)'' *1968: ''

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers ''The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Новые приключения Неуловимых, translit. ''Novye prikluchenya Neulovimykh'') is a 1968 Soviet action film, a sequel of ''The Elusive Avengers'', directed by E ...

(Novye priklyucheniya nuelovimykh/Новые приключения неуловимых)'' *1971: '' The Crown of the Russian Empire or Once again the Elusive Avengers (Korona Rossiyskoy imperi, ili snova neulovimykh'' *1973: ''Tghamardik'' (Russian: ''Muzhchiny'', English ''The Men'') *1975: ''Lkvatz heqiatneri kirtche'' (Russian: ''Ushchele pokinutykh skazok'', English: ''The Canyon of Deserted Tales'') *1975: ''

When September comes , image = , caption = , director = Edmond Keosayan , producer = , writer = , starring = , music = Yan Frenkel , cinematography = Mikhail Ardabyevsky , editing = Valentina Kulagina , released = 1976 , studio= Mosfilm , runtime = 86 ...

(Kogda nastupayet sentyabr)'' *1978: ''Huso Astgh'' (''Star of Hope'', Russian: ''Zvezda nadezhdy'', alternative Armenian title: ''Mkhitar sparapet'') *1980: ''Legend tzaghratzui masin'' (Russian: ''Legenda o skomorokhe'', English: ''Legend of the Clown'') *1982: ''Gde-to plachet ivolga'' (''The Oriole Is Crying Somewhere'') *1988: ''Vozneseniye'' (''The Ascent'') ''The Men'' is commemorated by a statue in Yerevan.

Edmond Keosayan Award

Edmond Keosayan Award for Excellence in Cardiology has been awarded since 2001 to outstanding young investigators who made high quality scientific research in either clinical or fundamental cardiology, during Young Medics International Conference, organized biannually in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

by Armenian Medical Association. The winner for each category receives $2,000 from the Edmond Keosayan Foundation. The award was first awarded in 2008 during 4th YMIC, the money being shared between two candidates. The award was established by Tigran Keosayan as an expression of respect for lifelong friendship between Edmond Keosayan and Parounak Zelveian, his cardiologist and now the president of Armenian Medical Association.

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* 1936 births 1994 deaths People from Gyumri Ostern films Soviet film directors Armenian film directors Armenian screenwriters Soviet Armenians Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery 20th-century screenwriters {{Armenia-film-bio-stub