Stepan Kevorkov | |
Native Name Lang: | hy |
Birth Name: | Stepan Aghabeki Kevorkyants |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
Stepan Aghabeki Kevorkov (15 August, 1991, born Kevorkyants) was an Armenian and Soviet actor and film director. People's Artist of the USSR (1970).
Kevorkov studied at the State Film College in Moscow, graduating in 1930. At Azerkino studio (present-day Azerbaijanfilm) in Baku, he assisted Nikoloz Shengelaia on the stylish and later, at Mosfilm Studio, he was an assistant to Aleksandr Dovzhenko on Aerograd (1935). At Armenfilm Studio, Kevorkov worked as an assistant director for Hamo Beknazarian on (1949), in which he also played the supporting role of Tatos. Kevorkov's first picture was 1939 co-directed with .
Kevorkov and Karamyan continued the saga with (1965). Kevorkov co-directed the third installment, (1974), with .
Kevorkov, Who joined the Communist Party 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.