Agasi Babayan (Armenian: Ô±Õ²Õ¡Õ½Õ« Ô²Õ¡Õ¢Õ¡ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, 21 December 1921
in Azatavan, Armenian SSR, USSR â€" November 17, 1995) is an Armenian
director, screenwriter, and actor. He received the title of Merited
Artist of the RSFSR in 1974.He studied acting and film direction under
Sergei Gerasimov at VGIK and worked at the Armenfilm for several
years. In 1952 he moved to work at the Mosnauchfilm studio (a Moscow
studio that produced educational movies and TV shows). He is best
known for making the original 1961 film version of Dersu Uzala (later
more famously remade by Akira Kurosawa), as well as a series of four
movies about the lynx Kunak based on the stories by Vitaly Bianki,
shot in the taiga: The Path Towards Uninterested Love (1971), The Lynx
Follows the Path (1982), The Lynx Returns (1986) and The Lynx Follows
the Trail (1994). He also produced a number of documentaries on
nature, history and music.
in Azatavan, Armenian SSR, USSR â€" November 17, 1995) is an Armenian
director, screenwriter, and actor. He received the title of Merited
Artist of the RSFSR in 1974.He studied acting and film direction under
Sergei Gerasimov at VGIK and worked at the Armenfilm for several
years. In 1952 he moved to work at the Mosnauchfilm studio (a Moscow
studio that produced educational movies and TV shows). He is best
known for making the original 1961 film version of Dersu Uzala (later
more famously remade by Akira Kurosawa), as well as a series of four
movies about the lynx Kunak based on the stories by Vitaly Bianki,
shot in the taiga: The Path Towards Uninterested Love (1971), The Lynx
Follows the Path (1982), The Lynx Returns (1986) and The Lynx Follows
the Trail (1994). He also produced a number of documentaries on
nature, history and music.
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