About
Roman Gurgenovich Balayan (Armenian: Ռոման Գուրգենի Բալայան, Russian: Рома́н Гурге́нович Балая́н; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-Armenian film director. In 1997 Balayan was awarded the title People’s Artist of Ukraine. Balayan worked as an actor in the theater of Stepanakert (located in the Nagorno-Karabakh region) in 1959–1961. He studied directing at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography and film directing at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, graduating in 1969. Since 1970, he has worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kiev.
Filmography
The Song of Flying Leaves2023 · Writer
We Are Here. We Are Close2021 · Director, Writer
Birds of Paradise2008 · Director
The Night Is Bright2004 · Director, Writer
Summer Rain2003 · Producer
Shoes from America2001 · Line Producer
Two Moons, Three Suns1998 · Director, Writer
A Night at Paradjanov's Museum1998 · Director, Script
The First Love1995 · Director, Writer
The Lady in the Car1992 · Screenplay
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1992 · Director
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District1989 · Director, Writer
The Spy1987 · Director, Writer
Guard Me, My Talisman1986 · Director
The Kiss1983 · Director, Writer
Flights in Dreams and in Reality1983 · Director
Lone Wolf1977 · Director, Writer
Kashtanka1975 · Director
Romashkin Effect1973 · Director
Thief1969 · Director