Aramais Aghamalian

Aramais Aghamalian
Born 1910
Julfa, Erivan Governorate, Russian empire
Died 1980 (aged 6970)
Nationality Armenians-Iranian
Occupation Film director, and Screenwriter

Aramais Aghamalian (Armenian: Արամայիս Աղամալեան, 1910 - 1985), was an Armenians-Iranian Film director, and Screenwriter

Biography

Aghamalian was born in 1910 in Julfa. He emigrated with his family to Iran after the massacre of Armenians. They settled in Tabriz , but after his elementary school, Aramais went back to Yerevan , where he attended a painting school for four years. On His graduation in 1927, he began to work as decorator, and after three years he went to Germany to follow his studies at the Berlin College of Dramatic Arts, which he had to quit due to financial problems. In 1934 returned to Iran and settled in Isfahan for five years, and later in Tabriz from 1939 to 1945. When in Tabriz, he directed many plays on stage and translated a number of Russian plays into Armenian. In 1946 he moved to Tehran and joined the theater group of Ararat Club. He entered movies in 1960 and directed Searching for The Bridegroom as his debut for Azhir Film Studion. His ten-film career includes The Neighborng Boys, An Angel in My House, Human Beings, Three On Run, and Three-Eyed Ruby. He died in 1985.[1][2][3][4]

Filmography

References

  1. Sayyed Morteza Sayyed Mohammadi (1999). A Guide To Iranian Cinema Directors 1930-1999. Tehran: Simroo Publishing House. pp. 7–8. ISBN 964-5685-35-4.
  2. Armenians And Iranian Cinema. Tehran: Film Museum Of Iran. Summer 2004. p. 92. ISBN 964-6728-44-8.
  3. Janet D. Lazarian (2003). Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Hirmand Publisher. pp. 404–405. ISBN 964-6974-50-3.
  4. "Iranian Movie DataBase آرماييس آقاماليان". Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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