Amo Bek-Nazaryan

Amo Bek-Nazaryan was born on May 31, 1892 in Armenia]. Amo Bek-Nazaryan's big-screen debut came with Dakarguli saundje directed by Amo Bek-Nazaryan in 1924.

A pioneer of cinema in Armenia and the Caucasus, Amo Bek-Nazaryan began his career as a professional athlete. However, he later discovered film, joined the cinema as an actor in 1914, and soon became one of the major stars in the pre-Soviet Russian cinema. In 1918, he graduated from the Moscow Commercial Institute. In 1921, he became the head of the film section of Narkompros in Georgia and later a director of Goskinprom in Georgia. Like his friend and colleague, the Georgian cinema pioneer