Vahe Ghazaryan
Vahe Yan is an Armenian film director and screenwriter.
Career
Vahe Yan (Vahe Ghazaryan) studied at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography from 1998 to 2003, graduating from the department of directing with an excellent diploma. In 1999, he participated in the “Young Authors of the Century” republican contest in literature, winning a third place certificate. In 2001, he was invited to Russia to feature in Tigran Keosayan's *Man's Work*, a multi-episode feature film. In the same year, he won the first prize of the annual youth festival for the performance *Jonathan Livingston Seagull*. In 2002, he established a writer's and theater personalities’ organization “MEGA”, which resulted in the creation of the magazine “ART”. In 2002, he staged *Living Shadows* based on Albert Camus' *Caligula*, appearing in the role of Caligula. In 2003, after studying Theater of the Absurd for an extensive period of time, he staged Ionesco's *Rhinoceros* as his diploma work. The play was a great success, and he received an invitation to take part in the International Symposium of Absurd writers, but was unable to attend it due to military service. In 2007, he received a certificate in the youth festival “It’s Me” for his film *The Staff*. In 2007, *The Staff* won a prize in the Yalta Festival of Documentary Films “Vmeste”. In 2008, his film *My World* deserved a prize in the International Contest-Festival of Journalists “Eurasia – Social Portrait”, held in Moscow, and a special prize in the Yalta Festival “Vmeste”. In May 2008, he received a laureate diploma from the 3rd International Contest-Festival of Journalists “Eurasia – Social Portrait” for his documentary *My World*. From November 2009, he was a member of «ARAS», the Czech Association of Directors and Scriptwriters. In 2010, his film *The Present* received a diploma from The Union of Cinematographers of Armenia at the Yerevan International Festival of Short Films “One Shot – One Minute”. Later in the same year, his social advertisement “The last color” won a certificate and bronze medal from UNICA. From 2010 to 2011, he appeared as the director of three social advertisements by order of the French-Armenian Development Foundation. In 2014, he received a diploma “Best Short-length Documentary” from the Canadian festival “Pomegranate” for his film *No One Writes to the Colonel*. In 2016, he became the director of a film, titled “Roots”, shot in a script reality format. Alongside his work as a director, Vahe Yan is also engaged in dubbing of films. He is fluent in Armenian, Russian and English. Married.
Filmography
- “Paterissa” documentary TV movie (2007), Winner of the 4th International Youth Festival “Yes Em” (Yerevan, 2007); Winner of the International TV & Cinema Forum “Together” (Yalta, 2007)
- “My World” documentary TV movie (2007), Winner of the 3rd International Journalistic Contest “Eurasia. Social Portrait” (Moscow, 2008); Special prize and diploma at the International TV & Cinema Forum “Together” (Yalta, 2008)
- “Chrism: Infinite Power” documentary TV movie (2008), Winner of the 5th International Youth Festival “Yes Em” (Yerevan, 2009)
- “The Present” documentary film (2010), Winner of the 8th International Short Film Festival “One Minute, One Shot” (Yerevan, 2010)
- “Two Ways” social documentary film (2011)
- “No One Writes to the Colonel” documentary film (2014), “Pomegranate” film festival award in the nomination Best short documentary of the year (Canada, 2014)
- “Anna Hedvig Büll: The Last Prayer” semi-documentary film (2015), Out-of-competition showing at Cannes Film Festival 2015
Work in documentary reality TV format in Moscow
- “Hospice” (episodes 13 – 40), “Panorama” Production, Moscow, 2013
- “Downside Up” (episodes 18 and 19), “Panorama” Production, Moscow, 2014
- “Leprosorium” (a total of 6 episodes), “Stop, snyato” Production, Moscow, 2014
External links
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