| Henrik Malyan | |
| Caption: | Plaque of Henrik Malyan on Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Telavi, Georgian SSR |
| Death Place: | Yerevan, Soviet Armenia |
| Nationality: | Armenian |
| Children: | Narine Malyan |
| Relatives: | David Malyan (uncle) |
| Years Active: | 1951-1988 |
Henrik Sureni Malyan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Մալյան, also transliterated Henrik Malian; September 30, 1925 - March 14, 1988) was an Armenian film director and writer.[1]
He was born in Telavi, Georgia. Malyan's uncle was famous actor David Malyan. He studied chess at an early age, along with Tigran Petrosian. From 1942 to 1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Between 1951 and 1954, he was a director at various theatres in Armenia. In 1953, he graduated from the Moscow Theatre Institute. From 1954 on he worked with the film studio Armenfilm.[2]
His 1977 film Nahapet (Life Triumphs) is considered to be one of the most important Armenian films to deal with the Armenian genocide.[3] It was exhibited in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
In 1980 he founded the Henrik Malyan Theatre-Studio for stage works.[5]
In 1982 he was named a People's Artist of the USSR.[6]
As director unless noted.