Serge Avedikian

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Serge Avedikian Սերժ Ավետիքյան
Born	(1955-12-01) 1 December 1955 Yerevan, Soviet Armenia
Years active	1979–present
Website
http://www.serge-avedikian.fr

Serge Avedikian (Armenian: Սերժ Ավետիքյան; born 1 December 1955), sometimes credited as Serje Avetikian, is an Armenian-French film and theatre actor, director, writer and producer, winner of Cannes Festival prize.

Early life

Avedikian was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR. His parents were born in France, children of survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. In 1947, influenced by Joseph Stalin's and Maurice Thorez's propaganda, they left to rejoin the motherland, where Avedikian attended the French school of Yerevan. At the age of fifteen along with his family, he returned to France. He got his stage debut in college, in his professor's amateur theater company.^[1]^[2]

Professional practice

After studies at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Meudon (France), he arrived in Paris in 1971 where he worked with the students of the Paris Conservatory. In 1976, he created a theater company and produced several plays. At the same time, he pursued a career as a theater, movie and television actor. In 1988, he founded his own production company but continues to direct films.^[3]

Filmography

Paradjanov (2013)
Aram (2002) as Talaat
Le Voyage en Arménie (Armenia) (2006) as Vanig
Bonded Parallels (2007) as Arakel
Mayrig (1991) as Vasken Papasian
Nous étions un seul homme (We Were One Man) (1979) as Guy Rouveron
Dawn (1985)
Dangerous Moves (1984)

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Persondata
Name	Avedikian, Serge
Alternative names
Short description	French actor and director
Date of birth	1 December 1955
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Date of death
Place of death

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