Biography
Hamo Beknazarian (Armenian: Համո Բեկնազարյան; Russian: Амбарцум Бек-Назаров; 19 May 1891 – 27 April 1965), also known as Hamo Bek-Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was a Soviet Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter. Hamo Beknazarian was born on 19 May 1891 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, Russian Empire. 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.
Filmography
all 28
Movies 28
Director 19
Writer 1
Nasreddin in Khujand, or the Enchanted Prince (1960)
The Second Caravan (1950)
Anahit (1947)
David Bek (1944)
The Daughter (1942)
Sabuhi (1941)
Zangezur (1938)
Pepo (1935)
Игденбу (1930)
Land of Nairi (1930)
Sevil (1929)
The House on the Volcano (1929)
The Power of Evil (1928)
Khaspush (1928)
Shor and Shorshor (1926)
Honor (1926)
Natela (1926)
Zare (1926)
The Lost Treasure (1924)
In the Pillory (1923)
The Suram Fortress (1922)
Lozh (1918)
Pozor doma orlovyh (1918)
Tak bylo, no tak da ne budet (1917)
Skertso diavola (1917)
Kurtizanka i rybak (1917)
Zagadochnyy mir (1916)
The Seducer (1916)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1892-05-31
Deathday1965-04-27 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceYerevan, Armenia
SiblingsGarush Beknazaryan
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsAmo Bek-Nazarov, Համո Բեկնազարյան , Амо Бек-Назаров, Amo Bek-Nazaroff, Aleqsandre Bek-Nazarovi, Ambartsum Bek-Nazaryan
AwardsPeople's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, State Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
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