Stepan Agabekovich Kevorkov ( hy, Ստեփան Աղաբեկի Կևորկով) was a Soviet and Armenian actor and film director.

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1970).

Biography

Kevorkov studied at the State Film College in Moscow, graduating in 1930. At Azerkino studio in Baku, he assisted Nikoloz Shengelaia on the stylish ''Twenty-six Commissars'' and later, at Mosfilm Studio, he was an assistant to

Aleksandr Dovzhenko Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko or Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko ( uk, Олександр Петрович Довженко, ''Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko''; russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Довже́нко, ''Aleksandr Petro ...

on Aerograd (1935). At Armenfilm Studio, Kevorkov worked as an assistant director for Hamo Bek-Nazaryan on ''The Girl from Ararat valley'' (1949), in which he also played the supporting role of Tatos. Kevorkov's first picture was'' The Mountain March'' 1939 co-directed with Erazam Karamyan. Kevorkov and Karamyan continued the saga with ''An Extraordinary Assignment'' (1965). Kevorkov co-directed the third installment,'' The Last Deed of Kamo (1974), with Grigori Melik-Avakyan. Kevorkov, Who joined the Communist Part in 1945, was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1970. He served as executive director of Armenfilm Studio in 1949-1951 and first secretary of the Armenian Filmmakers' Union 1956 to 1964.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kevorkov, Stepan 1903 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Armenian male actors Male actors from Moscow Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni People's Artists of Armenia People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Armenian film directors Armenian male film actors Soviet Armenians Soviet film directors Soviet male film actors