Albert Mkrtchyan
Writing
- Born
- February 27, 1937 · Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Gyumri, Armenia]
- Died
- February 28, 2018 (age 81)
Albert Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Ալբերտ Մկրտչյան; February 27, 1937 – February 28, 2018[1]) was an Armenian film director, screenwriter, actor, and recipient of the People's Artist of Armenia award (2003).
Albert Mkrtchyan was born in 1937 in Leninakan. In 1960, Albert Mkrtchyan graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute and in 1971, from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. From 1960 to 1966, he served as the director of the Armenian TV studio and since 1971, he had been the director of Hayfilm studio. From 1995 to 1999 he was the director of the Gyumri Drama Theater, and since 2000, Mkrtchyan had been the director and artistic director of the Mher Mkrtchyan Artistic Theater.
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Mkrtchyan had been a lecturer at the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan and Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema.
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2008The Dawn of the Sad Street Director, Writer
- 2001The Merry Bus Director, Writer
- 1989Breath Director, Screenplay
- 1984The Tango of Our Childhood Director, Writer
- 1982The Song of the Old Days Director, Writer
- 1980The Big Win Director
- 1979The Good Half of Life Director
- 1977Stone Valley Director
- 1975Hard Rock Director