09.10.1936 - 27.04.1994 (57 years) (Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Gyumri, Armenia])
Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan (Armenian: Էդմոնդ Քյոսայան; Russian: Эдмонд Гарегинович Кеосаян; 9 October 1936 – 21 April 1994) was an Armenian Soviet film director and musician. 1952-54 - worked in Yerevan watch factory. 1954-56 - studied in Plekhanov Moscow Institute of Economy. 1956-58 - studied in Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute, worked as a compere. 1964 - graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK (E.Dzigan's master class). Since 1964 - director at Mosfilm Studio. Occasionally worked at Armenfilm Studio.He was also a compere of the Soviet State Variety Orchestra. His films are mainly in the Armenian and Russian languages.