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Roman Balayan

Roman Balayan

Actor, Director, Writer

Born April 15, 1941 in Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

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Roman Gurgenovich Balayan (Armenian: Ռոման Գուրգենի Բալայան, Russian: Рома́н Гурге́нович Балая́н; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-Armenian film director. In 1997 Balayan was awarded the title People’s Artist of Ukraine.

Balayan worked as an actor in the theater of Stepanakert (located in the Nagorno-Karabakh region) in 1959–1961. He studied directing at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography and film directing at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, graduating in 1969. Since 1970, he has worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv.

Balayan calls himself a student of Sergei Parajanov. He was nominated and won several international prizes.

He is well-known for his literary adaptations; authors whom Balayan has adapted for the screen are Anton Chekhov (Kashtanka, 1975; The Kiss, 1983, TV), Ivan Turgenev (The Lone Wolf, 1977; First Love, 1995), and Nikolai Leskov (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, 1989).

His film Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982), a drama about depression and a midlife crisis, is one of his most well-known works. Oleg Yankovsky portrays a creative man in his 40s who feels alienated in society. At the time of its release, politically minded viewers perceived it as a critique of Brezhnevian “stagnation”.

His 1986 film Guard Me, My Talisman was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the Venice Film Festival and won the Golden Tulip at the 1987 International Istanbul Film Festival. His 1977 film Lone Wolf was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival and his 2008 film Birds of Paradise was shown at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2018 he announced, that he may be shooting his next film in Ukrainian language.

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Filmography

Actor

3

Type

Year

Ivan and Marta Poster

Ivan and Marta Feature Film2023Self - Film Director

Kokush. U. Crane Poster

Kokush. U. Crane Feature Film2018Self

Chtoby pomnili Poster

Chtoby pomnili TV Series1993Self

Director

14

Type

Year

We Are Here We Are Close Poster

We Are Here We Are Close Feature Film2020

Birds of Paradise Poster

Birds of Paradise Feature Film2008

The Night Is Bright Poster

The Night Is Bright Feature Film2005

Dve luny, tri solntsa Poster

Dve luny, tri solntsa Feature Film1998

...Pervaya lyubov Poster

...Pervaya lyubov Feature Film1995

Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda Poster

Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda Feature Film1989

Filyor Feature Film1988

Khrani menya, moy talisman Poster

Khrani menya, moy talisman Feature Film1986

Flights in Dreams and in Reality Poster

Flights in Dreams and in Reality Feature Film1983

Potseluy Poster

Potseluy TV Movie1983

Lone Wolf Poster

Lone Wolf Feature Film1978

Kashtanka Poster

Kashtanka TV Movie1976

Effekt Romashkina Poster

Effekt Romashkina TV Movie1973

Thief Short Film1969

Writer

10

Type

Year

The Song of Flying Leaves Poster

The Song of Flying Leaves Short Film2023

We Are Here We Are Close Poster

We Are Here We Are Close Feature Film2020

The Night Is Bright Poster

The Night Is Bright Feature Film2005

Dve luny, tri solntsa Poster

Dve luny, tri solntsa Feature Film1998

...Pervaya lyubov Poster

...Pervaya lyubov Feature Film1995

The Lady in the Car Poster

The Lady in the Car Feature Film1992

Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda Poster

Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda Feature Film1989

Filyor Feature Film1988

Potseluy Poster

Potseluy TV Movie1983

Lone Wolf Poster

Lone Wolf Feature Film1978

Producer

3

Paradzhanov Poster

Paradzhanov Feature Film2013

Kaminnyy gost Poster

Kaminnyy gost Feature Film2012

Letniy dozhd Poster

Letniy dozhd Feature Film2002

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