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FILM DIRECTOR

Artavazd Peleshyan

1938 - Today

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artavazd Peleshyan has received more than 67,502 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Artavazd Peleshyan is the 580th most popular film director, the 37th most popular biography from Armenia and the most popular Armenian Film Director.

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  • 68k

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  • 51.92

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

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  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 580 out of 1,581Before him are John Glen, Carlo Lizzani, Norman McLaren, Zoltán Fábri, Lewis Gilbert, and Jean-Marc Vallée. After him are Grigori Kozintsev, Henry Koster, Kenneth Anger, Gustav von Wangenheim, Norman Taurog, and Wojciech Has.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 226Before him are Shi Pei Pu, Chas Chandler, John Kufuor, Tommy Chong, Paddy Moloney, and Diane Baker. After him are Bhalchandra Nemade, Margarita Salas, Shashi Kapoor, Herbert Achternbusch, Deniz Baykal, and Aleksei Yuryevich German.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 37 out of 147Before him are Ashot II of Armenia (849), Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Davit Bek (1669), Gennady Timchenko (1952), Vazgen Sargsyan (1959), and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989). After him are Albert Azaryan (1929), Andranik Margaryan (1949), Ariarathes II of Cappadocia (-350), Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), and Mariam Aslamazian (1907).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Armenia

Among film directors born in Armenia, Artavazd Peleshyan ranks 1After him are Hamo Beknazarian (1891).

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