Garegin Zakoyan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-04-05 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Yerevan, Armenian, USSR

Also Known As Гарегин Закоян , Գարեգին Զաքոյան, Garegin Zakoian, Garéguin Zakoyan, Gareguin Zakoyan

Garegin Zakoyan

Biography

Garegin Zakoyan (b. April 5, 1947) is an Armenian documentary filmmaker and film scholar. In 1990, he founded the Armenian National Cinematheque, which he headed until 1998. In 2015, he founded and became the director of Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival. In 2016, he co-founded and became the president of Filmadaran Film Culture Development NGO. Making his directing debut in 1990 with "MIGNOR", he has since made around 15 documentaries, including "Prison Art" (1998, co-directed by Gennadi Melkonyan), "Kajaran: Metamorphosis of Stone" (2001), "Patarag" (2005), "Ayrudzi" (2017), "Mon Reichshoffen" (2023) etc. Zakoyan has been active in publishing renowned filmmaker Sergei Parajanov's heritage. 2020 saw the second, revised publication of "Sergei Parajanov: Letters from Prison", while "Sergei Parajanov: INTERMEZZO" was published in 2021 (both in Russian), comprising not only the script of Parajanov's unmade film, but also his illustrations and many archival materials surrounding its history. Zakoyan is the author of 2 monographies (in Russian): "Armenian Silent Cinema" (1977) and "Language and Cinema" (1989). He also published the photo-album "My Yerevan" (2019, in Armenian, Russian, English and French) and the extensive archival work "Armenian Cinema. Materials and Documents: 1909-1936" (2023, in Russian and Armenian).

Known For

Director

2024
Debet

as Director

2023
Mon Reichshoffen

as Director

2019
2017
Ayrudzi

as Director

2016
Shadow Theater

as Director

2013
1998
Prison Art

as Director

1990
MIGNOR

as Director

Writer

2019
Andrei Bely: Armenia

as Screenplay

2017
Ayrudzi

as Screenplay

2016
Shadow Theater

as Screenplay

2013
God, Give Us Freedom

as Screenplay

Producer

2017
Ayrudzi

as Producer

2013
1998
Prison Art

as Producer

1993
Calendar

as Production Manager

Crew

2017
Ayrudzi

as Cinematography

Editor

2023