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Gurgen BalasanyanSoviet and Armenian director and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 15.10.1910
Country:  Turkey |
Content:
Early Life and Education
Born in Armenia, he attended the State Institute of Cinematography (GIK) in Moscow, graduating in 1936 with a degree in directing. He then joined the Communist Party in 1940.
Wartime Contributions
During World War II, he served as a director of frontline film groups, documenting the war effort and capturing the stories of soldiers on the front lines.
Artistic Acclaim and Recognition
After the war, he returned to Armenia and established a successful career as a documentary filmmaker. He created over 80 documentaries, earning him the title of Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR in 1963 for his contributions to the arts.
Filmography
1930s- 1932: "Who's Ahead"
- 1933: "Two Lives"
- 1935: "Rabbit Breeding"
- 1935: "Pioneer's Call"
- 1935: "Air Defense"
- 1935: "Childbirth"
- 1936: "Burial of Komitas' Remains"
- 1938: "First Parliament of Soviet Armenia"
1940s
- 1939: "Feast of Strength and Beauty"
- 1939: "Millennium"
- 1940: "Camp Life"
- 1940: "Country of Joy"
- 1940: "Jubilee of Arous Voskanyan"
- 1941: "For the Front"
- 1944: "Return of the Black Sea Fleet"
- 1944: "Sons of Armenia in the Patriotic War"
- 1945: "Native Country"
- 1946: "Army General"
- 1946: "Zangezurtsy"
- 1947: "Return"
- 1947: "Heroine"
1950s
- 1949: "In Our Native Mountains"
- 1949: "Leninakan"
- 1951: "Olympiad"
- 1952: "Pioneer Summer"
- 1953: "Wines of Armenia"
- 1954: "The Forest is Our Friend"
- 1959: "On the Native Land"
- 1959: "Stepanavan Sings"
1960s
- 1960: "Golden Hands"
- 1960: "Folk Talents"
- 1960: "Pink City"
- 1961: "People's Artist" (Grachya Nersesyan)
- 1962: "Mesrop Mashtots"
- 1963: "Magic Chemistry"
- 1963: "Sayat-Nova"
- 1963: "Surgery in Animal Husbandry"
- 1964: "Bridge of Friendship"
- 1964: "Wonderworker Chemistry"
- 1965: "Nelson Stepanyan" (Song of the Falcon)
- 1966: "Stronger than Death"
- 1967: "Development of Rocky Lands"
- 1967: "The Song Does Not End"
- 1968: "Yerevan-2750"
- 1968: "Here They Work in a New Way"
1970s
- 1969: "Admiral Isakov"
- 1970: "Work in a New Way"
- 1971: "Armenia Rejoices"
- 1971: "Fiery Breath"
- 1972: "Burning"
- 1973: "Masters of the Future"
- 1973: "A Tale of Brotherhood"
- 1974: "Storks Over the Roof"
- 1974: "Viticulture in Armenia"
- 1975: "Autumn in Chinaras"
- 1975: "Monuments of Immortality"
- 1976: "Fruit Growing in Armenia"
- 1976: "May Uprising in Armenia"
- 1977: "Complex Mechanization of Vineyard Cultivation on Rocky Soils"
1980s
- 1978: "Union of Eastern Armenia with Russia"- 1978: "Storage of Fruits and Grapes"
- 1979: "Amayak Siras"
- 1979: "Hero of the Earth"
- 1979: "The Pearl of Armenia"
- 1981: "Delegates"
