David Babakhanyan

David Babakhanyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Բաբախանյան, born July 2, 1975) is an Armenian film director, producer and screenwriter. His career began in 1995, in cooperation with "Sharm Holding", as a screenwriter. He has cooperated with channels Armenia TV and Armenia 1 (Public Television of Armenia). Since 2012, he has been the general director at Armenia TV. He is a producer, screenwriter and director of a significant number of Armenian films and TV series.[1]

David Babakhanyan
Born (1975-07-02) July 2, 1975
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1995-present

Biography

David Babakhanyan was born on July 2, 1975, in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union).

After graduating from the secondary school No. 149 in 1992, David entered Yerevan State Medical University, traineeship on dermatovenereology. After graduating from the university he served as a medical officer in the national army.

In 1995, early in his career, Babakhanyan cooperated with "Sharm Holding" as a screenwriter. In 2003, he started cooperating with Armenia TV.

From 2003 to 2008, he was the director of the most popular Cool Program (a show of comic sketches).[1]

In 2009, he began cooperating with Armenia 1. A year later he initiated and brought to life a youth TV-series School of Angels.[1] In 2001 he directed "The carousel of life" — short TV novels show.

Since 2010, in cooperation with "Sharm Holding", David Babakhanyan started production of his trilogy of "A Millionaire Wanted", "The Fiancé from Circus" and "Poker.am". In 2010, he directed A Millionaire Wanted movie.[2]

In 2011, he became director of The Fiancé from Circus.[3] Then in 2012, he filmed Poker.AM which critics considered one of the best films in the Armenian comedy genre.[4] The film set a record at the cinemas. The film budget was estimated 300–400 thousand dollars.[5]

Since 2012, he has been the general director at Armenia TV, producing and co-authoring a list of shows.[6]

Later on, he created the most successful and popular sitcoms in recent times, which include Husband of Convenience in 2013 (as a producer),[7] Full House in 2014[8] (as a co-author) and Domino in 2015 (as a producer).[9]

In 2015, Babakhanyan filmed North-South (also known as Four Buddies and The Bride) comedy which attracted audiences of all ages, thus strengthening his leading position in the comedy genre. It is the first film in Armenia where 3D-animation and visual effects were used to such a large scale and volume.[10][11]

In 2019 he was a co-producer of a music video by Timati and Nazima, shot in Armenia.[12]

In 2019 - 2020, as Armenia TV general director he cooperated with Associated Television International (USA) and Academy Films (Armenia), finally concluding with production of "The death squad" and "Caravan" TV movies.

Since 2021, David Babakhanyan is teaching Filmmaking at Russian-Armenian University.

Filmography
Project Role Description Year
Our Yard[13] Screenwriter Musical comedy 1996
Kargin Haghordum (Cool Program)[14] Director Humorous sketches 2002–2009
Kargin Multer (Cool Cartoons)[15] Producer 2007-2009
Unhappy Happiness[16] Producer TV novel 2007
Eleven[17] Producer TV series of horror genre 2008
Carousel of Life[18] Producer Multi-series TV project 2009
School of Angels[1] Producer TV series 2010
Beware of Money[19] Producer TV series 2010
A Millionaire Wanted Director, screenwriter, co-owner Comedy 2010
Psychics[20] Author, producer TV project 2011
The Fiancé from Circus[21] Director, screenwriter Comedy 2011
Poker.AM Director, screenwriter Comedy 2012
Offside[22] Producer Multi-series fiction film 2013
Tnpesa (Husband of Convenience) Producer Sitcom 2013-2015
Full House Co-author Sitcom 2014-2019
Domino Producer Sitcom 2015-2017
North-South Director, screenwriter Comedy 2015
Caravan Author TV series 2017
The Death Squad Author TV series 2019

References
  1. AV Production: ԴԱՎԻԹ ԲԱԲԱԽԱՆՅԱՆ
  2. IMDB: A Millionaire Wanted (2010)
  3. IMDB: Pesacun Krkesic (2011)
  4. IMDB: Poker AM (2012)
  5. "Exclusive interview with the film producer Ruben Jaghinyan". Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  6. MediaMax: TV project for ArmeniaTV
  7. "ArmeniaTV: Տնփեսա,Սերիա 1". Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  8. "ArmeniaTV: Ֆուլ Հաուս Սերիա 1". Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  9. "ArmeniaTV: Domino, Episode 1". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  10. IMDB: Four Buddies and the Bride (2015)
  11. "Sharm: Հյուսիս-Հարավ". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  12. Тимати feat. НАZИМА - Нельзя (премьера клипа, 2019)
  13. "Sharm: Our Yard". Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  14. Cool Program on YouTube
  15. Cool Cartoons on YouTube
  16. "Unikino: Դժբախտ երջանկություն (2007)". Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  17. "Unikino: Տասնմեկ". Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  18. "Online-TV: Կյանքի կարուսել". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  19. Անի Երանյանն այն մասին, թե ինչ տվեց իրեն «Գեներալի աղջիկը» սերիալը. NEWS.am STYLE-ի հարցազրույցը
  20. Էքստրասենսներ
  21. Փեսացուն կրկեսից
  22. Խաղից դուրս
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