Samuel Khachikian

About Samuel Khachikian

Who is it?: Director, Editor, Writer
Birth Day: October 22, 1923
Birth Place: Tabriz, Iran

Samuel Khachikian

Born 1923 in Tabriz to a family of Armenian immigrants. Khachikian's father escaped the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and...
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As per our current Database, Samuel Khachikian has been died on 22 October, 2001 at Tehran, Iran.

🎂 Samuel Khachikian - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Samuel Khachikian die, Samuel Khachikian was 78 years old.

Popular As Samuel Khachikian
Occupation Director
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born October 22, 1923 (Tabriz, Iran)
Birthday October 22
Town/City Tabriz, Iran
Nationality Iran

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Samuel Khachikian’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible

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Samuel Khachikian was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.

Born 1923 in Tabriz to a family of Armenian immigrants. Khachikian's father escaped the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and settled in Tabriz. His mother admired cinema and the arts and often took her children to the theater.

Samuel Khachikian published his first poem "The Prison" in the Armenian newspaper Alik when he was nine. Five years later, he gave his first stage performance in Tabriz in a play titled "Seville". He completed his education in History and Journalism, and wrote eight plays which went on stage not only in different cities of Iran, but also in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Greece.

Khachikian made his first film in 1953, titled "The Return". He was among the first and few directors who used the decoupage technique on the film set, preparing the complete shooting script in advance.

The success of his works attracted a lot of attention to the advantages of this filmmaking approach. As an innovative filmmaker, he turned the production of murder mysteries into a popular new wave in the Iranian filmmaking.

He made the first ever movie trailer in the history of Iranian cinema for the movie "A Girl from Shiraz" in 1954. Some of his films such as "The Strike" and "The Eagles" were box office hits of their times.

Samuel's son Edwin Khachikian is a director in Tehran, Iran. Samuel's brother Souren Khachikian was also heavily involved in the production of his films. Souren's grandson Ara H. Keshishian is working as a film editor in Hollywood.

His 1956 film A Party in Hell was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.He died on October 22, 2001 at the age of seventy-eight.

Samuel Khachikian WIFE, FAMILY, KIDS

  • Rosalin (? - ?) ( his death) ( 1 child)

Samuel Khachikian Movies

  • Ghesseye shab-e Yalda (1970) as Director
  • Shab-neshini dar jahannam (1956) as Director
  • Faryade nimeshab (1961) as Director
  • Zarbat (1964) as Director

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