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Anna Melikian
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Anna Melikian in 2015
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| Born | February 8, 1976 |
| Nationality | Armenian-Russian |
| Occupation | film and TV director/ producer |
Anna Melikian (Armenian: Աննա Մելիքյան; Russian: Анна Меликян; born February 8, 1976) is a talented film and TV director and producer from Russia. She has won many awards at big film festivals around the world for her amazing work. In 2018, after she showed her film at the Sundance Film Festival, Variety magazine named her one of the top 10 most promising film directors.
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About Anna Melikian
Early Life and Education
Anna Melikian was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. She grew up in Yerevan, Armenia. When she was 17, she moved to Moscow, Russia.
Anna went to a special film school in Moscow called the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. There, she learned how to make movies. She even won an award called the St. Anna prize for her film Poste restante in 2000.
In the 1990s, before becoming a famous film director, Anna worked in television. She directed different TV shows and created commercials.
Film Career and Success
After finishing film school, Anna received support from a Russian organization called GosKino. This helped her make many documentary and TV films.
In 2008, her film Mermaid won an award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Later, in 2014, her movie Star earned her the Best Director award at the Kinotavr film festival.
Her 2015 film, About Love, also won big. It received the main prize at the Kinotavr festival. It also won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Feature Film.
Since 2005, Anna Melikian has made all her films under her own company, called Magnum.
Awards and Recognition
Anna Melikian has received many important awards for her films:
- Berlin International Film Festival, 2008: FIPRESCI Prize for Rusalka (2007)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2001: Special Jury Award for Poste restante (2000)
- Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, 2008: Feature Film Award for Rusalka (2007)
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2008: Independent Camera Award for Rusalka (2007)
- Melbourne International Film Festival, 2001: City of Melbourne Award for Best Short Experimental for Poste restante (2000)
- Sofia International Film Festival, 2008: Grand Prix for Rusalka (2007)
- Sundance Film Festival, 2008: Directing Award, World Cinema - Dramatic for Rusalka (2007)
- Kinotavr, 2014: Directing Award for Star (2014)
- The Golden Unicorn Awards, 2016: Best short film "8"
- The Golden Eagle Award, 2016: Best movie for About love (2015)
Films by Anna Melikian
As a Director
Anna Melikian has directed these films:
- Fairy (Фея, Feya) 2020
- Tenderness (Нежность) 2020
- The Three (Трое) 2020
- About Love (Про любовь, Pro lyubov') 2015
- Star (Звезда, Zvezda) 2014
- Mermaid (Русалка, Rusalka) 2007
- Mars (Марс) 2004
- Poste restante (До Востребования) 2000
As a Producer
Anna Melikian has also helped produce these films:
- The Ghost (2008)
- Bride at any Cost (2009)
- Semeyka Ady (2007) (as a co-producer)
