Bek-Nazarov, Ambartsum Ivanovich

Since 1914, he was an actor in the movie studio of G. Libken in Yaroslavl , and since 1915, of the Joint-Stock Company Khanzhonkov and Co. and Biofilm (Biochromfilm).

He was engaged in the French wrestling , performed under the pseudonym AMO Exotic, participated in international sports tournaments.

During the First World War, he became famous as the "star" of Russian silent cinema (starred in more than 70 films).

In 1918 he graduated from the Moscow Commercial Institute (before entering the institute he was a professional athlete).

In 1920-1921, he was an actor of the Musical Section of the Moscow City Council, the Kharkov People’s House and the Tiflis Drama Theater .

Since 1921 - the creator and head of the cinema section of the People's Commissariat of Georgia (later - the State Committee for Industry of Georgia ).

Creator of the first feature film of the Armenian cinema " Namus " ( 1925 ).

• In 2000, a postage stamp of Armenia dedicated to Bek-Nazarov was issued.
• In 2012, the festival " Kinosen- 2012" was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the director ^[3] . It began with the screening in Armavir of the first Armenian sound film “ Pepo ”, shot by Bek-Nazarov in 1935 . Within the framework of the “Cinema Falls”, the “Unknown Amo Beknazaryan” scientific conference was held at the Institute of Theater and Cinema, during which film experts and several university students and graduates made presentations. Also in the Yerevan cinema "Nairi" a series of screenings of famous and unknown films of the director was held ^[4]

• People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1935)
• Stalin Prize of the second degree (1941) - for the film "Zangezur" (1938), shot at the Yerevan Film Studio
• The order of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (04/14/1944) - for the movie "David Beck"
• Order of the Red Star (01/11/1935)
• Order of the Badge of Honor (1950)
• medals

Movie Roles

• 1914 - Enver Pasha - traitor to Turkey - guard
• 1915 - Refugees (In the Pool of the War) - Yuri Nagorny
• 1915 - In a child of suffocating gases - Semen Nezhdanov
• 1915 - Children of the merchant Volgin - Mikhail Smirnov
• 1915 - Drama on “The Airplane” - a merchant
• 1915 - My fire shines in the fog - artist Krasotin
• 1915 - Olesya
• 1915 - Tale of the World - opera singer
• 1915 - The tragedy of the Nabatov family - landowner Vikulov
• 1915 - Lame Barin
• 1915 - Yuri Nagorny - gypsy lover
• 1916 - Fun Quadrille - Orlov
• 1916 - Girls Not Married
• 1916 - The Soul in the Mask
• 1916 - The Mysterious World - Zolotnitsin, chairman of the club of aesthetes
• 1916 - Jingle bells ring, simple-minded tell the tale ... - Alexey Sokolsky
• 1916 - Constantinople tragedy
• 1916 - Beautiful legs
• 1916 - Unrevened Blood - Pavlik Ardenin
• 1916 - Rebellious Spirit
• 1916 - Fiery Devil - Prince Niradze
• 1916 - Dangerous Age - Alexander Alchevsky, son of a millionaire
• 1916 - Weeping of the world - the son of the head of the devils
• 1916 - The Defeated Idol - Solntsev
• 1916 - Sweeter of Poison - Eugene
• 1916 - Old age of Lecoca - son of Lecoca
• 1917 - People of sultry passions
• 1917 - Lone sail whitens
• 1917 - The struggle for happiness
• 1917 - Pearl Crown
• 1917 - Memoirs of Countess Tarnowska
• 1917 - The Dead Are Silent - Assistant Leviticus
• 1917 - Winners and Vanquished - poet Harald
• 1917 - The Ruined Temple
• 1917 - Rockyball
• 1917 - Secrets of the royal court (The murder of Grishka Rasputin) - Yusupov
• 1917 - Dark Forces - Grigory Rasputin and his Companions - Yusupov
• 1918 - Evening Victim - Romanian musician Valesco
• 1918 - Eve - artist Leonid
• 1918 - Going to Death - sculptor
• 1918 - Dance of sorrow and bustle - Leonid Verigin
• 1918 - The Shame of the Orlov House - the son of General Orlov
• 1918 - Homeland - the son of General Orlov
• 1918 - Fisherman and courtesan - fisherman
• 1918 - Scherzo of the Devil - Devil
• 1918 - It was so, but it will not be so - Sergey Popov
• 1918 - Three thieves - Cascarilla
• 1918 - Smile of a jellyfish - artist Morev
• 1919 - The Eternal Tale of Life - Count
• 1919 - The Bowl of Atonement - Jacob Aris
• 1922 - Suram Fortress - Durmish Khan

Directing

• 1923 - The Fatherslayer (At the pillory)
• 1924 - Missing Treasures
• 1926 - Namus , based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Shirvanzade
• 1926 - Natella
• 1926 - Earthquake in Leninakan (documentary)
• 1927 - Zare
• 1927 - Shore and Shorshor
• 1927 - Leather (documentary)
• 1927 - Cotton (documentary)
• 1927 - Has-Push
• 1929 - House on the volcano
• 1929 - Seville
• 1930 - Igdenbu
• 1930 - Country of Nairi (documentary)
• 1930 - Country of Golds (documentary)
• 1932 - Man with the Order
• 1935 - Pepo , based on the play of the same name by Gabriel Sundukyan
• 1938 - Zangezur
• 1941 - Sabuhi
• 1942 - Daughter (short)
• 1944 - David Beck
• 1947 - Anahit
• 1947 - Soviet Armenia
• 1950 - Girl of the Ararat Valley
• 1951 - Second Caravan (the film was not finished)
• 1953 - Subtropics of Central Asia (documentary)
• 1954 - Housewarming
• 1959 - Nasruddin in Khojent, or the enchanted prince

Movie Scenarios

• 1923 - At the pillory
• 1924 - Missing Treasures
• 1926 - Earthquake in Leninakan (documentary)
• 1926 - Namus
• 1926 - Natela
• 1927 - Zare
• 1927 - Shore and Shorshor
• 1927 - Has-Push
• 1928 - Evil Spirit
• 1929 - House on the volcano
• 1929 - Seville
• 1930 - Igdenbu
• 1932 - Man with the Order
• 1935 - Pepo
• 1938 - Zangezur
• 1944 - David Beck

The author of the memoirs "Notes of the actor and filmmaker" (1965).

Yerevan, 54 Mesrop Mashtots Avenue