Henrik Malyan

Henrik Sureni Malyan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Մալյան, also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 – March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer.^[1]

Henrik Malyan
Plaque of Henrik Malyan on Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan
Born	(1925-09-30)September 30, 1925 Telavi, Georgian SSR
Died	March 14, 1988(1988-03-14) (aged 62) Yerevan, Soviet Armenia
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Nationality	Armenian
Years active	1951–1988
Children	1
Relatives	David Malyan (uncle)

Henrik Malyan Theatre (founded in 1980), 18 Vardanants St, Yerevan

He was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was the actor David Malyan. He studied chess at an early age, along with Tigran Petrosian. From 1942 to 1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theatres in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute. From 1954 onward he worked with the film studio Armenfilm.^[2]

His 1977 film Nahapet (Life Triumphs) is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the Armenian genocide.^[3] It was exhibited at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works.^[5]

In 1982 he was named a People's Artist of the USSR.^[6]

Films

As director unless noted.

• Guys from the Army Band (1961)
• Road to the Stage (1963)
• Mr. Jacques and Others (1966, "The Sham Informer" segment)
• Triangle (1967)
• We and Our Mountains (1970)
• Father (1973)
• Life Triumphs (Nahapet; 1977, also writer)
• A Piece of Sky (1980, also writer)
• Gikor (1982, writer)
• A Drop of Honey (1984, also writer)
• White Dreams (1985, writer)
• Yearning (1990, writer)

Awards

• State Prize of the Armenian SSR (1975)
• People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1977)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1982)