Kim Arzumanyan

He was born in Goris. In 1950 he graduated from the directing faculty of the Yerevan Theatre Institute. After staging the play "Marman vkayakan" (Certificate of Maturity) at the Yerevan Theatre for Young Spectators he received his director's diploma, after which he worked as a director at the Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre in Yerevan (1962–1963), as chief director of the television studio (1964–1971), and then at the Sundukyan National Academic Theatre (1971). He staged a number of works. From 1951 he worked at the National Radio of Armenia, where he created 34 radio plays. In 1957–80 he worked at the Armenian State Television Company and for many years was its chief director. From 1962 he taught at the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute. In 1964 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR, and in 1967 that of Honored Art Worker. He was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Armenian SSR and a professor of the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema. In 2001 Kim Arzumanyan was awarded the "Movses Khorenatsi" Medal. He died in Yerevan.