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Roman Gurgenovich Balayan (Armenian: Ռոման Գուրգենի Բալայան, Russian: Рома́н Гурге́нович Балая́н; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-Armenian film director. In 1997 Balayan was awarded the title People’s Artist of Ukraine.
Roman Balayan was born on 15 April 1941 in Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Biryuk (1978), Khrani menya, moy talisman (1986) and Noch svetla (2005).
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- Roman Balayan
- Director, Writer, Producer
Roman Balayan was born on 15 April 1941 in Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Biryuk (1978), Khrani menya, moy talisman (1986) and Noch svetla (2005).
Apr 21, 2021 · TEHRAN-Renowned Ukrainian-Armenian filmmaker Roman Balayan’s 2020 movie “We Are Here We Are Close” will be screened in the official competition of the 38th Fajr International Film Festival, the organizers have announced.
Balayan is known today as a Ukrainian-Armenian director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated by the Ivan Karpenko-Kary Institute of Theatre Arts in Kyiv, and lived and worked in Ukraine – including as a student of Sergei Parajanov. He was nominated and won several international prizes.
Russian filmmaker Roman Balayan earned a degree in direction from the Yerevan Arts and Theater Institute in 1964 and later studied his craft under Timofey Levchuk at Kiev's Institute of Theater Art until 1969. Before becoming a director, Balayan had spent two years as a professional actor.
Roman Balayan is a director of the Dovzhenko National Film Studio. In 1996-2020, he was the director of the Illusion Films studio. The artist's creative style is marked by a high culture of directing, deep insight into the inner world of the characters, the ability to see and feel out the main objective of the film being created.
