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Karen Gevorkian (born 7 May 1941) is an Armenian Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed the film Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea,[1] which won the Golden St. George at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
Gevorkian was born in Moscow into a musical family. Karen started to study the bassoon at the age of fourteen with Latvian bassoon soloist Andris Arnicans. Just one year later, he entered into the Gnessin Musical College.[3] After working for a short period of time at Armenfilm Studios as a cinematographer, he studied and finished courses in Advanced Directing in Moscow.[4]
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- ^ "GEVORKIAN Karen | Armenian World Orchestra". Awo2015.com. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ Karen Gevorkian at IMDb