Ara Chekmayan

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Ara Chekmayan (* 1939 or 1940) is an American film editor , screenwriter and film producer in the field of documentary films . He was awarded three Emmys .

Career

Chekmayan's career in the film business began in 1974 with the documentary television film 51st State Cops by Richard Kotuk , with Chekmayan as editor in charge. He worked with Kotuk one more time. Both wrote the screenplay for Children of Darkness and were responsible as directors and producers for the film, which was released on PBS in 1983 . For his participation in this documentary, he and Richard Kotuk received an Oscar nomination at the 1984 Academy Awards in the category " best documentary ". The award went to Emile Ardolino for his contribution He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin ' .

His last film was the documentary about James Dean in 1988 under the title Forever James Dean was posted as a voice-over of the US American actor Bob Gunton is heard. He withdrew from the film business when his parents passed away in the 1990s and he fell into depression as a result .

Oddities

In 1991, Chekmayan bought a $ 8 falcon statue at the Golden Nugget Antique Market in New Jersey . As he was sure, because he identified the inscription "90456 WB" as the serial number of Warner Brothers and that it was used in the film The Trail of the Falcon by John Huston . His supposedly real prop was due to be auctioned at Christie's in 1993 and was listed at $ 50,000, but was briefly stopped by the Warner Bros. auction itself, as they claimed without evidence that it was a real prop from the film. A New York jeweler bought the real statue for $ 400,000 in 1995 after owner William Conrad passed away in 1994.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1974: 51st State Cops
  • 1983: Children of Darkness
  • 1988: Forever James Dean

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Bird Made Him a Sleuth. The New York Times , June 29, 1997, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Movies. Los Angeles Times , May 4, 1993, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  3. ^ Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Disquieting 'Darkness'. The Washington Post , May 4, 1983, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  5. ^ The 56th Academy Awards - 1984. Oscars.org, accessed January 17, 2018 .
  6. ↑ More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Chekmayan, Ara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1939 or 1940