| Henrik Malyan | |
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 Plaque of Henrik Malyan on Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan | |
| Born | (1925-09-30)September 30, 1925 Telavi, Georgian SSR |
| Died | March 14, 1988(1988-03-14) (aged 62) Yerevan, Soviet Armenia |
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| Nationality | Armenian |
| Years active | 1951–1988 |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | David Malyan (uncle) |
Henrik Sureni Malyan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Մալյան, also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer.
He was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was the actor David Malyan. He studied chess at an early age, along with Tigran Petrosian. From 1942 to 1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theatres in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute. From 1954 onward he worked with the film studio Armenfilm.
His 1977 film Nahapet (Life Triumphs) is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the Armenian genocide. It was exhibited at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works.
In 1982 he was named a People's Artist of the USSR.
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)
Awards
- State Prize of the Armenian SSR (1975)
- People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1977)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1982)
References
- Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 429–430. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- "Henrik Malyan". Armenian Association of Film-Critics and Cinema-Journalists. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- "Fokus Armenian". Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- "All the Films - Festival 1978". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- "Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio". High Fest International Performing Arts Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- "Malyan". Encyclopedic dictionary. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
External links
- "henrikmalyan.am". Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- Henrik Malyan at IMDb
- Henrik Malyan at MUBI