Anatoliy Eiramdzhan

Who is Anatoliy Eiramdzhan?

Anatoliy Nikolaievich Eiramdzhan - the famous Russian-Armenian film director, producer and writer was born January 3, 1937 in Baku.

His father was Nikolay Nikolaevich Ter-Grigoryan, an accomplished teacher of music and the piano.

Anatoliy Eiramdzhan's mother, whose surname was taken by Anatoliy, is Arevik Nikitichna Eiramdzhan - the grand daughter of the famous Armenian writer Ghazaros Aghayan.

In 1961 Anatoly graduated from the Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry.

In 1972 he completed a three-year program at the Screenplay branch of the High Course of Scripwriters and Movie Directors. After graduating he began writing movie scripts.

Anatoly is also the author of short comic stories. He was honored as a winner of the prestigious "Golden Calf award " from the "Literary Newspaper" for 1972 - 1973.

In 1989 Anatoly began producing films from his own scripts. The film studio NOVIY ODEON was formed in Moscow in 1992 by Anatoly to focus on creating comedies. He also took on the responsibilities of screenwriter, art director and film director. During his career at Noviy Odeon, Anatoly was responsible for the creation of twenty films.