Stepan Kevorkov

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Stepan Kevorkov (Armenian: Ստեփան Աղաբեկի Կևորկով) was Armenian film director, scriptwriter and actor.

Biography[]

Kevorkov studied at the State Film College in Moscow, graduating in 1930. At Azerkino studio in Baku, he assisted Nikoloz Shengelaia on the stylish Twenty-six Commissars and later, at Mosfilm Studio, he was an assistant to Aleksandr Dovzhenko on Aerograd (1935). At Armenfilm Studio, Kevorkov worked as an assistant director for Hamo Bek-Nazaryan on The Girl from Ararat valley (1949), in which he also played the supporting role of Tatos. Kevorkov's first picture was The Mountain March 1939 co-directed with Erazam Karamyan.

Kevorkov and Karamyan continued the saga with An Extraordinary Assignment (1965). Kevorkov co-directed the third installment, The Last Deed of Kamo (1974), with Grigori Melik-Avakyan.

Kevorkov, Who joined the Communist Part in 1945, was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1970. He served as executive director of Armenfilm Studio in 1949-1951 and first secretary of the Armenian Filmmakers' Union 1956 to 1964.

Filmography[]

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References[]

• Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. pp. 333–334. ISBN 9780810860728.

External links[]

• Stepan Kevorkov at IMDb