Arsha Ovanesova

Arsha Amartsumovna Ovanesova (Armenian: Արշա Օվանեսովա, Russian: Ованесова, Арша Амбарцумовна; 1906 – 1990) was a Soviet Armenian documentary film director, screenplay writer, actress, and educator.[1]

Arsha Ovanesova
Արշա Օվանեսովա
Born(1906-12-23)December 23, 1906
Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan)
DiedMay 6, 1990(1990-05-06) (aged 83)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Burial placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
Other namesArsha Amartsumovna Ovanesova, A. Ovanesova
EducationGerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Occupation(s)Film director, screenplay writer, actress
SpouseSemyon Sheynin
Children2

Biography

Arsha Ovanesova was born on December 23, 1906, in either Shusha or Baku, in the Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan).[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 was a Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1947).[5] In 1950 she received the Stalin Prize (later known as the USSR State 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]

References
  1. "Арша Ованесова, 1906 — Режиссер". Кинопоиск (Kinopoisk). Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  2. "Arsha Ovanesova". Kinorium. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  3. "Арша Ованесова". Кино-Театр.Ру (Kino-teatr.ru). Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  4. "ОВАНЕСОВА Арша Амбарцумовна". istoriya-kino.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-10-30.
  5. Prokhorov, A.M., ed. (1979). "Arsha Ovanesova". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3 ed.). Moscow. OCLC 14476314.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. "ОВАНЕСОВА Арша Амбарцумовна (1906 – 1990)". moscow-tombs.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  7. "'World Youth Festival,' New Soviet Documentary With Narration in English, Opens at Stanley". The New York Times. 1950-07-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  8. "Тайна горного озера, 1954". Кинопоиск (kinopoisk.ru) (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-26.
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