Karen Shakhnazarov

Karen Shakhnazarov
Karen Shakhnazarov in 2008.
Born	Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov (1952-07-08) July 8, 1952 (age 60) Krasnodar, Soviet Union
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1980 – present

Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (Russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952, Krasnodar, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian-Armenian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of the Mosfilm studios in 1998.

Shakhnazarov is the son of a prominent politician of Armenian descent, Georgy Shakhnazarov.

His 1987 film Courier was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.^[1] Since 2005 he has been a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.

His 2012 film White Tiger was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.^[2]

Selected filmography

Genealogy

Karen Shakhnazarov is one of several living descendants of the famous Melik-Shahnazarian princely family from Nagorno-Karabakh. The Melik-Shahnazarians ruled Nagorno-Karabakh's province of Varanda in medieval and modern times. ^[3]

References

External links

• Karen Shakhnazarov at the Internet Movie Database
• Karen Shakhnazarov, born in the USSR (biography)

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