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Frunze Dovlatyan

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
11

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 26, 1927 (99 years old)

Place of Birth
Nor Bayezet, Armenian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Gavar, Armenia]

Frunze Dovlatyan

Biography

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

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. He died in Yerevan aged 70. He is buried in Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan.

Known For

Directing

1990Yearning...Director
1988The Lonely Nut-Tree...Director
1979Live Long...Director
1976Birth...Director
1974Chronicle of Yerevan Days...Director
1969Saroyan Brothers...Director
1966Hello, It's Me!...Director
1963Morning Trains...Director
1961Dima Gorin's Career...Director

Writing

1988The Lonely Nut-Tree...Writer
1979Live Long...Writer
1969Saroyan Brothers...Creative Producer

Acting

1996Labyrinthas
1988The Lonely Nut-Treeas
1986Strange Gamesas Асланян
1983Cry of a Peacockas
1979Live Longas
1969Saroyan Brothersas Hayk Saroyan
1966Hello, It's Me!as Zaryan
1959Why Does The River Roar?as Armen Manukyan
1949The Girl of Ararat Valleyas эпизод
1947Anahitas Vachagan
1944David Bekas Melik Mansour