Rouben Mamoulian (pronounced: roo-BEN ma-mool-YAN
[(Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)] (
October 8,
1897 –
December 4,
1987) was an
Armenian-
American film and
theatre director.
Biography
Born in
Tbilisi,
Georgia (ruled at that time by imperial
Russia) to an
Armenian family, Rouben relocated to
England and started directing plays in
London in 1922. He was brought to America the next year by
Vladimir Rosing to teach at the
Eastman School of Music and was involved in directing opera and theatre. In 1930, he became a
naturalized citizen of the United States.
