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Samuel Khachikian ( Armenian: Սամուէլ Խաչիկեան Armenian pronunciation: [sɑm'vɛl χɑtʃʰik'jɑn]; Persian: ساموئل خاچیکیان; October 21, 1923 – October 22, 2001) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor of Armenian descent.
Oct 1, 2010 · A consummate craftsman, Samuel Khachikian is generally regarded as one of the most prominent Iranian film directors of the fifties and sixties, which may be considered faint praise given the poor quality of Iranian films in those decades.
Samuel Khachikian. Director: Yalda Night Story. Born 1923 in Tabriz to a family of Armenian immigrants. Khachikian's father escaped the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and settled in Tabriz. His mother admired cinema and the arts and often took her children to the theater.
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6 days ago · Samuel Khachikian. Birthday: 21 October 1923 Birthplace: Tabriz Died: 22 October 2001 in Tehran. BiographyS amuel Khachikian, Armenian: Սամուէլ Խաչիկեան, is one of the most influential directors in the cinema of Iran. As far as he has been nicknamed – Iran’s Hitchcock.
Samuel Khachikian (October 1923 – October 2001) was an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright & film editor of Armenian descent. He was the first filmmaker to be praised by film critics and audience alike, and managed to successfully bridge the gap between art and commerce in Iranian cinema.
To a good number of genre cinema fans to whom pre-revolution Iranian cinema has mostly been swathed in mystery, the mini-retrospective on Samuel Khachikian’s films at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2018, titled ‘Tehran Noir’, was a thrilling revelation.
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Tehran noir: Samuel Khachikian and the rise and fall of Iranian genre films For four decades, this innovative director made Hollywood-style movies that played to sellout crowds in Iran. After the revolution, his western inspirations fell out of favour, but a new retrospective of his little-seen work should reinvigorate his reputation.
