Rouben Mamoulian

Birth Name:

Rouben Mamoulian

Birth Place:

Tiflis, Georgia

Profession

Director, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Editor

In 1981, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame
The Director's Guild of America honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982
Won a Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1984
Received his training as an actor at Moscow Art Theatre
Preferred to give his scenes a stylized look, preferring a poetic look to realism
Produced or directed such landmark stage musicals as "Porgy and Bess," "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel․"
Though enclosing cameras in soundproof booths was popular at the time, he rejected the technique and instead used a camera that could be moved freely, helping to reestablish film as a powerful visual medium
He and 10 other directors organized what would become the Directors Guild of America at a meeting at the home of King Vidor in 1936
Published the drama textbook "Hamlet Revised and Interpreted" in 1965
Was the last surviving founder of the Directors Guild of American

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