FILM DIRECTOR

Artavazd Peleshyan

1938 - Today

Artavazd Peleshyan

Artavazd Peleshyan (Armenian: Արտավազդ (Արթուր) Փելեշյան, romanized: Artavazd (Art’ur) P’eleshyan; also Pelechian, Peleshian; born February 22, 1938) is an Armenian director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, a screenwriter, and a film theorist. He is renowned for developing a style of cinematographic perspective known as distance montage, combining perception of depth with oncoming entities, such as running packs of antelope or hordes of humans. Filmmaker Sergei Parajanov has referred to Peleshyan as "one of the few authentic geniuses in the world of cinema". Peleshyan was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Armenian SSR in 1979, and Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artavazd Peleshyan is the 652nd most popular film director (up from 700th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 47th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 652 out of 2,041. Before him are Paul Scheuring, Richard Linklater, Roger Spottiswoode, Maurice Tourneur, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Paul Grimault. After him are Baz Luhrmann, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Corey Yuen, Daniel Schmid, Michel Deville, and Robert Z. Leonard.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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Paul Scheuring
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 646
Richard Linklater
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 647
Roger Spottiswoode
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 648
Maurice Tourneur
1876 - 1961
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 649
Keisuke Kinoshita
1912 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 650
Paul Grimault
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 651
Artavazd Peleshyan
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 652
Baz Luhrmann
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 653
Andrey Zvyagintsev
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 654
Corey Yuen
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 655
Daniel Schmid
1941 - 2006
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 656
Michel Deville
1931 - 2023
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 657
Robert Z. Leonard
1889 - 1968
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 658

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 263. Before him are Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria, Tiziano Terzani, Ieronymos II of Athens, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Chas Chandler, and Ingrid Caven. After him are Pat Buchanan, Klaus Hänsch, Alan Rees, Anatoliy Zlenko, Michel Duchaussoy, and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya.

Others Born in 1938

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Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 257
Tiziano Terzani
WRITER
1938 - 2004
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 258
Ieronymos II of Athens
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 259
Vyacheslav Ivanov
ATHLETE
1938 - 2024
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 260
Chas Chandler
MUSICIAN
1938 - 1996
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 261
Ingrid Caven
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 262
Artavazd Peleshyan
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 263
Pat Buchanan
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 264
Klaus Hänsch
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 265
Alan Rees
RACING DRIVER
1938 - 2024
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 266
Anatoliy Zlenko
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2021
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 267
Michel Duchaussoy
ACTOR
1938 - 2012
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 268
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
WRITER
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 269

In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 44 out of 163. Before him are Mariam Aslamazian (1907), Tigran Sargsyan (1962), Gennady Timchenko (1952), Ofelya Hambardzumyan (1925), Eznik of Kolb (380), and Vazgen Sargsyan (1959). After him are Hamo Beknazarian (1891), Vardan Areveltsi (1198), Hovik Abrahamyan (1959), Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), and Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916).

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Mariam Aslamazian
PAINTER
1907 - 2006
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 38
Tigran Sargsyan
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 39
Gennady Timchenko
BUSINESSPERSON
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 40
Ofelya Hambardzumyan
SINGER
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
Eznik of Kolb
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
380 - 450
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 42
Vazgen Sargsyan
POLITICIAN
1959 - 1999
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 43
Artavazd Peleshyan
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 44
Hamo Beknazarian
FILM DIRECTOR
1891 - 1965
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 45
Vardan Areveltsi
HISTORIAN
1198 - 1271
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 46
Hovik Abrahamyan
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 47
Ariarathes II of Cappadocia
POLITICIAN
350 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 48
Shavarsh Karapetyan
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 49
Tatevik Sazandaryan
SINGER
1916 - 1999
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 50