David Keosayan is a representative of the famousactor-director's dynasty, which was formed in the era of Soviet cinema. He, of course, is not as famous as his own brother - the director Tigran Keosayan. But on his account there are several successful director and producer works.
David Keosayan: family, photo, early years
Our hero was born on April 10, 1961.in the city of Moscow. His father - the Soviet filmmaker Edmond Keosayan, who became famous in the 60's. last century, removing the cult trilogy "Elusive Avengers." The mother of David is the Armenian actress Laura Gevorgyan, who appeared in the films "The New Adventures of the Elusive", "Men" and "When September Comes".
David Keosayan, whose family haddirect attitude to the cinema, the first acting experience was received in 5 years. He played a farmer boy in the director's work of his father "The Elusive Avengers." In 2 years, the son of a well-known dynasty reappeared in the frame, this time in the episode "New adventures of the elusive." And in 1970, David appeared in the form of a homeless child in the film "Crown of the Russian Empire, or again elusive."
Having passed the "baptism of fire" in childhood, the eldestthe son of director Edmond Keosayan was not interested in the acting profession. Therefore, in 1983 he entered the Moscow State University at the Faculty of Journalism. As an actor, he no longer appeared on the screens, but he found his place in the creative team in the offscreen space.
David Keosayan: biography, personal life
After a while, our hero realized thatnot indifferent to the film industry. But in this area he was more attracted to the commercial side than the artistic side. Since 1983, David Keosayan began to study the basics of promoting domestic cinema abroad, while interning at Sovexportfilm (now Roskino).
During the collapse of the Soviet Union, Davidtook advantage of the experience gained and took the post of CEO of the company, which was engaged in the production of music videos, television commercials and TV shows.
From 1994 to 2004Keosayan Sr. changed his place of work several times until in 2004 he became the general director of the production center “Studio Art-Bazar”. Such a position allowed David to realize several of his own directorial plans, as well as join the Producers Guild of Russia and become a member of the Nika Academy.
The producer has been married to Anahit Keosayan for many years. The married couple has an adult daughter - actress Laura Keosayan, known for the TV series Sklifosovsky and Jun.
Director's work
His first film as a director DavidKeosayan took off in 2005. It was a 4-part drama "The Mistress" with Irina Rozanova in the lead role. Keosayan Sr. invited to the cast of the project his younger brother Tigran and several other famous Soviet actors: Vladimir Shevelkov ("Midshipmen, go ahead!"), Boris Nevzorov ("Young Russia"), Lyubov Matyushina, Tatyana Kravchenko ("Vassa"), Andrei Ilyin ("The Flying Dutchman") and others.
The plot of the picture tells of a strong and gripa woman, Elena, who has a wonderful career, but her personal life is not at all glued. Unable to understand men, the lawyer begins a love affair with her client, who later turns out to be a serial killer.
A year later, David Keosayan releases onTV screens mini-series "Three half-grace." This film belongs to the comedic melodrama genre and tells how three female friends of balzakovsk age seek happiness in their personal lives. The performing staff of the project included Evgenia Dmitriev (Sklifosovsky), Alyona Khmelnitsky (Russian Amazons), Tatyana Vasilyeva (Hello, I Am Your Aunt!) And Fyodor Bondarchuk (State Counselor).
In 2007, as director Keosayan Sr.filmed the serial detective "Love at the Knife's Edge", the plot of which is dedicated to the adventures of lawyer Armen Sarkisov performed by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Daniil Strakhov (“We are from the future”), Olga Lomonosova (“Do not be born beautiful”) and the daughter of David Keosayan, Laura also took part in the shooting.
Production work
Far more projects David Keosayan released as a producer. In 1997, he was involved in organizing the filming of the sparking comedy “Poor Sasha” with Alexander Zbruyev and Vera Glagoleva.
Затем наступила эпоха сериалов, и Кеосаян-старший he switched to multi-part films: “The Record of Detective Dubrovsky”, “The Directory of Death”, “Men's Work”, “March of the Turkish”. David Keosayan’s last production work is the melodrama “Sea. The mountains. Expanded clay ", filmed by request of the" First Channel "in 2013.
