Arsha Ovanesova
Soviet Armenian filmmaker (1906–1990)
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Arsha Amartsumovna Ovanesova (Armenian: Արշա Օվանեսովա, Russian: Арша Амбарцумовна Ованесова; 23 December 1906 – 6 May 1990) was a Soviet Armenian documentary film director, screenplay writer, actress, and educator.[1]
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| Born | December 23, 1906 |
| Died | May 6, 1990 (aged 83) |
Burial place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery |
| Education | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
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| Spouse | Semyon Sheynin |
| Children | 2 |
Biography
Arsha Ovanesova was born in either Shusha or Baku in the Russian Empire.[2] At the age of 13, her mother died. From 1918 to 1919, she lived in Persia to escape the Russian Revolution and the Islamic Army of the Caucasus; followed by a moved in 1920 to Baku.
She attended Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) from 1926 to 1932, where she graduated from.[3] From 1931 to 1961, Ovanesova was a director at the Soyuzkinohronika (now Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films).[3] She helped found Pioneer (newsreel), as well as serving as the director and editor of the filmed newsreel from 1931 to 1946.[3][4][5] Her film Unusual Encounters (1958) traces the lives of the people in the early publication of Pioneer, spanning 20 years.[5] She taught film at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography,[5] starting in 1947.
In 1943, she became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).[5] She became a Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1947).[5] In 1950 she received the Stalin Prize and the International Peace Prize.[5]
She died on May 6, 1990, and is buried at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.[6] Ovanesova was married to cameraman Semyon Sheynin, who survived her.[3]
Filmography
Writer
Director
- 1940, Pioneer Truth (Russian: Пионерская правда)[5]
- 1946, A Story About Our Children (Russian: Повесть о наших детях)[5]
- 1948, 30 Years of the Komsomol (Russian: 30 лет комсомола)[5]
- 1949, World Youth Festival (Russian: Юность мира, romanized: Youth of the World), a documentary about the World Festival of Youth and Students event.[7]
- 1958, Unusual Encounters (Russian: Необыкновенные встречи, lit. 'Usual Meeting')[5]