Pavel Arsyonov

• Birth Name — Pavel Oganezovich Arsenov • Born — 5 January 1936 • Birthplace — Tiflis, Transcaucasian Republic, Soviet Union • Died — 12 August 1999 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Occupation — film director, actor, screenwriter • Other Names — Pavel Arsenoff • Years Active — 1962 — 1994

Pavel was born on 5 January 1936 in Tiflis. He studied at the Institute of Geological Survey and graduated from the directing department of VGIK (1963, workshop of Grigori Roshal). Before studying at VGIK, he worked at the Kartuli Pilmi, the Moscow studio of popular science films. He acted in a number of films of the studio Armenfilm, in particular, in the film Voices of Our Quarter (director Yuri Yerzinkyan). Since 1962 he was the director of the Gorky Film Studio. A vivid event was the avant-garde film King Stag. The greatest popularity to film director Pavel Arsenov was brought by the 5-serial children's television movie Guest from the Future, which appeared on screens in March 1985. After that, Alisa Seleznyova's film character, created by Arsenov and embodied on the screen of a 12-year-old Moscow schoolgirl Natasha Guseva, became a cult for millions of Soviet schoolchildren. Arsenov died 12 August 1999 in Moscow. He was buried at the Shcherbinskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

• 1963 — Sunflower (short) • 1966 — Lyolka (short) • 1967 — Save the Drowning Man • 1969 — King Stag • 1973 — And then I Said No... • 1975 — Taste of Halva • 1977 — Confusion of Feelings • 1978 — Hello, River (together with Yuri Grigoriev and Igor Yasulovich) • 1979 — Do Not Part with Your Beloved • 1985 — Guest from the Future • 1985 — Lilac Ball • 1994 — The Wizard of the Emerald City

The first wife (from 1963 to 1969) was actress Valentina Malyavina. The second wife (since 1976) — Elena Arsenova. Daughter Elizaveta (born 1980) works as a make-up stylist in Moscow theaters.

Pavel Arsyonov was recorded at birth as Павел Оганезович Арсенов. The authorities additionally record the heading Pavel Oganezovich Arsenov. His recorded language was Russian. He married Valentina Malyavina.