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Artavazd Peleshyan

Seasons, The

Armenia
1975, 29min.

Script/Dir.: Artavazd Peleshian, Dir. of Phot.: M.Vardanov, B.Hovsepyan, G.Chavushyan, Compos.: T.Mansuryan, Prod. Design: , Sound: V.Kharlamenko, Edit: A.Galstyan.

This is a film-essay about shepherds living in the Armenian highlands; the main theme is the contradiction and at the same time the harmony between man and nature.

Production Company
Yerevan Film Studio

Peleshyan, Artavazd

Artavazd Peleshyan (born 22.02.1938, Leninakan, now Gyumri, Armenia)
Till 1963 he lived in Kirovakan (now Vanadzor). 1963-67 - studied at the Directing Department of VGIK (L.Christie's master-class). Even the films shot during his student years, were awarded numerous prizes and he gained wide recognition among cinematographers. 1971 - co-director in L.Kulidjanov's "Star Minute," directed documentary segment in A.Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky's "Sibiriada." He is the author of a range of theoretical works, among which the "Distance Editing" is a new step in the development of editing theory. 1988 - published book "My Cinema." In his films has removed the borders of feature and documentary films, editing both sequences as a real poetical unity.

Filmography
Mountain Patrol (1964), Earth of People (1966), The Beginning (1967), We (1969), Inhabitants (1970), Seasons (1975), Our Century (1982), Life (1993), The End (1994).

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