Frunze Dovlatyan
Born 1927 (age 70) · Nor Bayezet, Armenian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Gavar, Armenia]
Appears in 16 titles

Frunze Vaghinaki Dovlatyan (Armenian: Ֆրունզե Վաղինակի Դովլաթյան; May 26, 1927 – August 30, 1997) was an Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor. Frunze Dovlatyan was born in Gavar, Soviet Armenia, a brother to Vram Dovlatyan. He was a theater actor before becoming a director. He starred as an actor in Armenian provincial theatres from 1941 and then in Gabriel Sundukian Drama Theatre of Yerevan, where he was awarded Stalin Prize for his performance in the role of Hrayr in the play Ays astgherë mern en ("These Stars Are Ours"). In 1959, he graduated from the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied under Sergei Gerasimov. His most well-known film is Barev, yes em ("Hello, That's Me!", 1967), which received the State Prize of the Armenian SSR. Dovlatyan headed the Armenfilm state film studio in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. He died in Yerevan aged 70. He is buried in Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan.

Filmography

Dima Gorin's Career
5.8
Dima Gorin's Career
1961
Director
Yearning
4.4
Yearning
1990
Director
Hello, It's Me!
5.8
Hello, It's Me!
1966
Director
Chronicle of Erevan Days
7.5
Chronicle of Erevan Days
1974
Director
Morning Trains
7.5
Morning Trains
1963
Director
Birth
8.0
Birth
1976
Director
Live Long
7.0
Live Long
1979
Director
Saroyan Brothers
7.0
Saroyan Brothers
1969
Director
The Lonely Nut-Tree
9.0
The Lonely Nut-Tree
1988
Director