Arsha Ovanesova

Arsha Amartsumovna Ovanesova (, ; 23 December 1906 – 6 May 1990) was a Soviet Armenian documentary film director, screenplay writer, actress, and educator.

Biography Arsha Ovanesova was born in either Shusha or Baku in the Russian Empire. At the age of 13, her mother died. From 1918 to 1919, she lived in Persia to escape the Russian Revolution and the Islamic Army of the Caucasus; followed by a moved in 1920 to Baku.

She attended Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) from 1926 to 1932, where she graduated from. Her film Unusual Encounters (1958) traces the lives of the people in the early publication of Pioneer, spanning 20 years. Ovanesova was married to cameraman , who survived her.

Filmography Writer 1949, World Youth Festival (; ) 1954, The Secret of Mountain Lake

Director 1940, Pioneer Truth 1946, A Story About Our Children 1948, 30 Years of the Komsomol 1949, World Youth Festival , a documentary about the World Festival of Youth and Students event. 1958, Unusual Encounters