Henrik Malyan
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Henrik Sureni Malyan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Մալյան, Russian: Генрих Суренович Малян, also transliterated Guenrikh Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was a Soviet Armenian film director and writer.
He was born in Telavi, Georgia. From 1942-1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he concluded studies in film direction from the Yerevan Theatre Institute (Ереванский художественно-театральный институт). Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theaters in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute. From 1954 on he worked with the film studio Armenfilm.[1]
His 1977 film Life Triumphs (Nahapet) is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the Armenian Genocide.[2] It was exhibited in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works.[4]
In 1982 he was named a People's Artist of the USSR.[5]
[edit] Films
- As director unless noted.
- Guys from the Army Band (1961)
- Road to the Stage (1963)
- Mr. Jacques and Others (1966, "The Sham Informer" segment)
- Triangle (1967)
- We and Our Mountains (1970)
- Father (1973)
- Life Triumphs (Nahapet; 1977, also writer)
- A Piece of Sky (1980, also writer)
- Gikor (1982, writer)
- A Drop of Honey (1984, also writer)
- White Dreams (1985, writer)
- Yearning (1990, writer)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Henrik Malyan. Armenian Association of Film-Critics and Cinema-Journalists. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ Fokus Armenian (German). Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ All the Films - Festival 1978. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio. High Fest International Performing Arts Festival. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
- ^ Malyan. Encyclopedic dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
