David Babakhanyan

David Babakhanyan

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1975-07-02 (49 years old)

Biography

David Babakhanyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Բաբախանյան, born July 2, 1975) is an Armenian film director, producer and screenwriter. His career began in 1995, in cooperation with "Sharm Holding", as a screenwriter. He has cooperated with channels Armenia TV and Armenia 1 (Public Television of Armenia). Since 2012, he has been the general director at Armenia TV. He is a producer, screenwriter and director of a significant number of Armenian films and TV series. David Babakhanyan was born on July 2, 1975, in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union).

After graduating from the secondary school No. 149 in 1992, David entered Yerevan State Medical University, traineeship on dermatovenereology. After graduating from the university he served as a medical officer in the national army.

In 1995, early in his career, Babakhanyan cooperated with "Sharm Holding" as a screenwriter. In 2003, he started cooperating with Armenia TV.

From 2003 to 2008, he was the director of the most popular Cool Program (a show of comic sketches).

In 2009, he began cooperating with Armenia 1. A year later he initiated and brought to life a youth TV-series School of Angels. In 2001 he directed "The carousel of life" — short TV novels show.

Since 2010, in cooperation with "Sharm Holding", David Babakhanyan started production of his trilogy of "A Millionaire Wanted", "The Fiancé from Circus" and "Poker.am". In 2010, he directed A Millionaire Wanted movie.

In 2011, he became director of The Fiancé from Circus. Then in 2012, he filmed Poker.AM which critics considered one of the best films in the Armenian comedy genre. The film set a record at the cinemas. The film budget was estimated 300–400 thousand dollars.

Since 2012, he has been the general director at Armenia TV, producing and co-authoring a list of shows.

Later on, he created the most successful and popular sitcoms in recent times, which include Husband of Convenience in 2013 (as a producer), Full House in 2014 (as a co-author) and Domino in 2015 (as a producer).

In 2015, Babakhanyan filmed North-South (also known as Four Buddies and The Bride) comedy which attracted audiences of all ages, thus strengthening his leading position in the comedy genre. It is the first film in Armenia where 3D-animation and visual effects were used to such a large scale and volume.

In 2019 he was a co-producer of a music video by Timati and Nazima, shot in Armenia.

In 2019 - 2020, as Armenia TV general director he cooperated with Associated Television International (USA) and Academy Films (Armenia), finally concluding with production of "The death squad" and "Caravan" TV movies.

Since 2021, David Babakhanyan is teaching Filmmaking at Russian-Armenian University.

Filmography

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Movies 5

Director 4

Writer 1

TV Shows 1

Producer 1

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1975-07-02 (49 years old)

Birth Place
Yerevan, Armenia

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