David Keosayan is a representative of the famous acting and directing dynasty, which was formed in the era of Soviet cinema. He, of course, is not as famous as his brother - director Tigran Keosayan. But on his account there are several successful directing and producing works.
David Keosayan: family, photos, early years
Our hero was born on April 10, 1961 in the city of Moscow. His father is the Soviet film director Edmond Keosayan, who became famous in the 60s. of the last century, removing the cult trilogy "Elusive Avengers". David’s mother is an Armenian actress Laura Gevorgyan, who starred in the films “The New Adventures of the Elusive”, “Men” and “When September Comes”.
David Keosayan, whose family was directly related to cinema, received his first acting experience at the age of 5. He played the farmer boy in directing his father's Elusive Avengers. After 2 years, the offspring of the famous dynasty reappeared in the frame, this time in the episode "New Adventures of the Elusive". And in 1970, David appeared in the image of a homeless child in the film “The Crown of the Russian Empire, or the Elusive Again”.
Having passed “baptism of fire” in childhood, the eldest son of director Edmond Keosayan was not interested in the acting profession. Therefore, in 1983 he entered the Moscow State University at the Faculty of Journalism. As an actor, he no longer appeared on the screens, but found his place in the creative team in off-screen space.
David Keosayan: biography, personal life
After some time, our hero realized that he was not indifferent to the film industry. But in this area he was more attracted by the commercial side than the art. Since 1983, David Keosayan began to study the basics of promoting domestic cinema abroad, training at Sovexportfilm (now Roskino).
During the collapse of the Soviet Union, David took advantage of his experience and took over as CEO of a company that produced music videos, television commercials and TV shows.
From 1994 to 2004 Keosayan Sr. changed his place of work several times, until in 2004 he became CEO of the Art Bazar Studio production center. A similar position allowed David to realize several of his own directorial plans, as well as join the Russian Producers Guild and become a member of the Nika Academy.
The producer has been married to Anahit Keosayan for many years. The couple has an adult daughter - actress Laura Keosayan, known for the TV series Sklifosovsky and Dzhuna.
Director work
David Keosayan shot his first film as a director in 2005. It was a 4-episode drama "Mistress" with Irina Rozanova in the title role. Keosayan Sr. invited his younger brother Tigran and several other famous Soviet actors to the cast: Vladimir Shevelkov (“Gardemarins, go!”), Boris Nevzorov (“Young Russia”), Lyubov Matyushina, Tatyana Kravchenko (“Vassa”), Andrei Ilyin (The Flying Dutchman) and others.
The plot of the picture tells about the strong and grip woman Elena, who has a wonderful career, but her personal life is not glued at all. Unable to understand men, the lawyer begins an affair with her client, who later turns out to be a serial killer.
A year later, David Keosayan released on television screens the mini-series “Three Half-Graces”. This film belongs to the genre of comedy melodrama and talks about how three friends of Balzac age seek happiness in their personal lives. The executive staff of the project included Evgenia Dmitrieva (Sklifosovsky), Alyona Khmelnitskaya (Russian Amazons), Tatyana Vasilieva (Hello, I’m your aunt!) And Fedor Bondarchuk (State Counselor).
In 2007, as a director, Keosayan Sr. shot a multi-part detective “Love on the Edge of a Knife”, the plot of which is dedicated to the adventures of lawyer Armen Sarkisov performed by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Daniil Strakhov (“We Are From the Future”), Olga Lomonosova (“Do not Be Born Beautiful”) and the daughter of David Keosayan, Laura, also took part in the filming.
Production work
David Keosayan released many more projects as a producer. In 1997, he organized the filming of the sparkling comedy “Poor Sasha” with Alexander Zbruev and Vera Glagoleva.
Then came the era of serials, and Keosayan Sr. switched to multi-part paintings: “The Dossier of Detective Dubrovsky,” “The Directory of Death,” “Men's Work,” “Turkish March”. The last production work of David Keosayan is the melodrama Sea. The mountains. Expanded clay ", shot by order of the" First Channel "in 2013.