Hamo Beknazarian

Hamo Beknazarian studied at Plekhanov Russian Economic University. The recorded working language is Armenian and Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are live action. Employment is recorded with Rustaveli Theatre and Georgian Film Studio. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of the Red Star, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Hamo Beknazarian • Birth Name — Ambartsum Beknazaryan • Born — 19 May 1891 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Russian Empire • Died — 27 April 1965 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Moscow Armenian Cemetery • Occupation — * Film director • actor • screenwriter • Awards — Stalin Prize

Hamo Beknazarian was born on 19 May 1891 in Yerevan, Russian Empire (now the capital of Armenia). His career in cinema started in 1914, when a casual acquaintance offered him a part in a film. Since that part, he decided to pursue a career in cinema. Between 1914 and 1918, he played about 70 parts, becoming a popular actor in pre-Revolutionary Russian film. In 1920, instead of going to Armenia as he had decided, he went to Tbilisi where he developed a film department for the Georgian Commissioner's office of Public Education. He shot many films in Tbilisi, including Patricide and Lost Treasures. In 1925, he shot his first Armenian film and moved to Armenia. In 1933, he shot the first Armenian sound film Pepo. In 1941, Beknazarian was awarded the Stalin Prize. Besides feature films, he also shot a few documentaries. Hamo Beknazarian died on 27 April 1965 in Moscow, USSR. • Illustration — Hamo Beknazaryan's grave in Armenian Cemetery of Moscow

• 1922: The Suram Fortress, actor • 1923: Patricide, director • 1925: Namus, scriptwriter, director • 1925: The Case of Tariel Mklavadze's Murder, director • 1926: Natela, director • 1926: Shor and Shorshor, scriptwriter, director • 1927: Zare, scriptwriter, director • 1928: Khaspush, co-scriptwriter, director • 1928: The House on the Volcano, co-scriptwriter, director • 1943: David-Bek, co-scriptwriter, director • 1935: Pepo, scriptwriter, director • 1938: Zangezur, co-scriptwriter, director • 1947: Anahit, director