About

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Place of birth:
Yerevan, Armenia
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David Safarian

Overview

David Safarian was born in Yerevan in 1952. He graduated from Fine Arts and Drama Academy in Yerevan in 1975. From 1972 to 1978 worked as an actor at the State TV Theatre in Yerevan, and as an assistant director and director at Armenian Documentary Film Studio. He graduated from Film Academy - VGIK in Moscow in 1983. Since then he is a director at "Armenfilm" Studios. In 1991 Safarian had Special Screenings of his films in Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. Since 1991 he is a member of the General Assembly of Cinematheque Francaise. From 1995 to 2001 he shot series of short documentaries about Armenian Culture and History on German TV (ORB/RBB). In 1996 he had a retrospective of films in Cinematheque Francaise at the 60th Anniversary of the Cinematheque in Paris and in 1999 One-Week Screenings of Selected Films in Berlin. In 2001 and 2002 he was a Guest-Professor at the Film and TV Department in the University of Kassel, Germany, and from 2003 to 2007 he worked as a professor co-heading the Film and TV Department at the same University. In 2002 David Safarian founded "Studio DS" - Film Production and Art Development Fund.

Known for

Directing
2017 Champion Directing Director N/A
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2016 Hot Country, Cold Winter Directing Director N/A
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2015 28:94 Local Time Directing Director N/A
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2002 Expectation Directing Director N/A
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2002 Lullaby Directing Director N/A
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1991 Lost Paradise Directing Director N/A
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1990 Warmth-sickness Directing Director N/A
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1988 Devotion Directing Director N/A
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1987 Garnanamouth Directing Director N/A
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1987 However Odd, But Khokhlova Directing Director N/A
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1985 The Forest Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Doctor Directing Director N/A
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1976 My Sky, My Land Directing Director N/A
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1975 Vocation Directing Director N/A
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Writing
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2015 28:94 Local Time Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Expectation Writing Writer N/A
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1990 Warmth-sickness Writing Writer N/A
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1987 Garnanamouth Writing Writer N/A
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1975 Vocation Writing Writer N/A
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