Director and TV presenter Tigran Keosayan has died

Russian film and television director, screenwriter, producer and TV presenter, Honored Artist of Russia Tigran Keos has died at the age of 60. This was announced in the telegram channel by his wife, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.

"Tonight Tigran went to the Creator," she wrote.

Simonyan asked that neither she nor her relatives be called now.

"Thank you to everyone who prayed," Simonyan concluded.

Recall, in January of this year, Simonyan reported that her husband had suffered a clinical death and was in a coma. She noted that close families know about Keosayan's heart condition. In 2008 and 2010, he suffered two heart attacks. At the same time, Simonyan herself had previously confirmed that she was undergoing treatment for cancer.

Keosayan was born on January 4, 1966, he is the son of director and screenwriter Edmond Keosayan (best known for the film "The Elusive Avengers").

In 1984 he entered the directing department of VGIK, studied in the workshop of Professor I. V. Talankin. His studies were interrupted by military service in the air defense forces in Balashikha near Moscow. He graduated in 1998.

In 1988 he released the first short film "Sunny Beach" with the participation of Fyodor Bondarchuk. In 1992, he shot his first full-length film "Katka and Shiz". After that, he is actively engaged in the production of video clips by artists such as Mikhail Shufutinsky, Natalia Vetlitskaya, Irina Allegrova and Igor Sarukhanov.

Keosayan was widely known for his directorial film works such as the lyrical New Year's comedy Poor Sasha (1997) starring Alexander Zbruev and Vera Glagoleva, as well as the adventure television series Men's Work (2001) about the military service of the GRU special forces in Chechnya. In total, as a director, he shot 17 films, including "Silver Lily of the Valley" (2000) and "Crimean Bridge. Made with Love!" (2017).

Since 2007, Keosayan has been working as a TV presenter of the author's talk show "Evening with Tigran Keosayan". He also hosted the programs "... with Tigran Keosayan", "You and me", "Stop being silent!", and later "International Sawmill".

In April 2024, for his great contribution to the development of Russian culture and art, and many years of fruitful activity, he became an Honored Artist of Russia.