Director

Rouben Mamoulian

Directing

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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 0All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 29595

IMDb ID: nm0541149

Known for: Directing

Born: October 7, 1897

Died: December 4, 1987

Age: 90

Place of birth: Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1926 - 2003

Years active: 78

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q51472

Also known as

Рубен Мамулян • 루벤 마물리안

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Director (17)Theatre Play (1)

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Biography

Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theatre director. In the interview compilation book Directing the Film (Acrobat Books), Mamoulian declared a strong preference for a stylized look to his scenes, stating that he was more interested in creating a poetic look to his films than in showing ordinary realism. Parts of Becky Sharp, and almost the whole of Blood and Sand, with their heightened and artificial use of Technicolor, demonstrate what Mamoulian meant by this. He also wrote a book called Applause.