Anna Gagikovna Melikyan is a female director of domestic cinema, producer, screenwriter. For her films, she has received awards many times both at Russian and international festivals. Melikyan even got into the top 10 most promising directors in the world, published in the authoritative American magazine Variety.
Biography and career Melikyan
Anna was born on February 8, 1976 in Baku (Azerbaijan). Later, her family moved to Armenia, the girl’s childhood passed in Yerevan. Anna's parents had nothing to do with creativity. The girl’s mom worked as a physics teacher, and dad worked first as the head of a secret arms factory, then as the manager of the carpet factory.
From an early age, Anna had a terrific imagination. In kindergarten, she enthusiastically played up stories with other children. At school age, a girl often replaced ill teachers. Thanks to his artistry, Melikyan was able to easily captivate her classmates.
The teachers were sure that the girl would make a good director. Yes, and Anna herself was more likely to come up with stories than to participate in them.
At the age of 17, Melikyan came to Moscow to enter the director at VGIK, in the workshop of Sergei Solovyov. In 2002, she received a long-awaited diploma. Coursework Anna was associated with the movie "Flew", which starred the notorious Nelly Uvarova.
After studying, Melikyan made several feature films, which were awarded prizes from various festivals. Anna begins to attract the attention of the press. Her first film was the picture "Mars", the presentation of which was held in 2004 at the film festival in Berlin. And already in 2005, the girl became the founder of the film company Magnum.
At the festival in Sundance, the screening of the new film "The Mermaid" took place. He was awarded the prize for best directorial work. In 2008, the film was nominated for an Oscar from the Russian Federation.
In the 90s. Anna works on television, writing various shows, scripts for television programs, She receives an invitation to the post of director at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1998. For the film "Star" (2014) and "About Love" (2015), Melikyan is awarded several prestigious awards at the Kinotavr.
