Hamo Beknazarian
Hamo Beknazarian on a 2017 stamp of Armenia
Born	Ambartsum Beknazaryan 19 May 1891 Yerevan, Russian Empire
Died	27 April 1965(1965-04-27) (aged 73) Moscow,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Moscow Armenian Cemetery
Occupations	Film director actor screenwriter
Awards	Stalin Prize

Hamo Beknazarian (Armenian:Համո Բեկնազարյան;Russian:Амбарцум Бек-Назаров; 19 May 1891 – 27 April 1965), also known asHamo Bek-Nazarov orAmo Bek-Nazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor, and screenwriter.

Hamo Beknazarian was born on 19 May 1891 in Yerevan,Russian Empire (now the capital of Armenia). His career in cinema started in 1914, when a casual acquaintance offered him a part in a film. Since that part, he decided to pursue a career in cinema. Between 1914 and 1918, he played about 70 parts, becoming a popular actor in pre-Revolutionary Russian film. In 1920, instead of going to Armenia as he had decided, he went toTbilisi where he developed a film department for the Georgian Commissioner's office of Public Education. He shot many films inTbilisi, includingPatricide andLost Treasures. In 1925, he shot his firstArmenian film and moved to Armenia. In 1933, he shot the first Armenian sound filmPepo. In 1941, Beknazarian was awarded theStalin Prize. Besides feature films, he also shot a few documentaries.

Hamo Beknazarian died on 27 April 1965 in Moscow, USSR.

• 1922:The Suram Fortress, actor
• 1923:Patricide, director
• 1925:Namus, scriptwriter, director
• 1925:The Case of Tariel Mklavadze's Murder, director
• 1926:Natela, director
• 1926:Shor and Shorshor, scriptwriter, director
• 1927:Zare, scriptwriter, director
• 1928:Khaspush, co-scriptwriter, director
• 1928:The House on the Volcano, co-scriptwriter, director
• 1943:David-Bek, co-scriptwriter, director
• 1935:Pepo, scriptwriter, director
• 1938:Zangezur, co-scriptwriter, director
• 1947:Anahit, director

• Peter Rollberg (2009).Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 95–97.ISBN 9780810860728.

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