{"id":2011,"date":"2026-04-01T14:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/speakers\/ara-madzounian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:07:45","slug":"ara-madzounian","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/speakers\/ara-madzounian\/","title":{"rendered":"Ara Madzounian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1999&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Ara\u00a0Madzounian\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0Los Angeles-based\u00a0independent\u00a0prod<wbr \/>ucer,\u00a0director and cinematographer,\u00a0with various projects to his credits in fiction,\u00a0documentary, educational videos and television commercials. Heholds a BA and MFA in Film &amp; Television from UCLA.\u00a0At various educational institutions,\u00a0Madzounianhas taught World Cinema, Soviet and Post-Soviet Armenian Cinema, Introduction to Photography, and has served as Graduate Teaching Assistant in Acting for Camera,\u00a0Theater Lighting,\u00a0and\u00a0Directing Fundamentals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Madzounian\u2019s\u00a0creative output includes a decades-long collaboration with Vahe Berberian, including writing\u00a0The Pink Elephant, Quicksand,\u00a0and\u00a0Baron Garbis\u00a0and performing in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">As a filmmaker,\u00a0Madzounian\u00a0has produced, directed and edited\u00a0The House on\u00a0Tomarza\u00a0Street\u00a0(2026),\u00a0Mast<wbr \/>er Eddy\u00a0(2021),\u00a0Land without Graves\u00a0(1993), and\u00a0Pagakidz\u00a0(1996).\u00a0He has served as cinematographer on\u00a0Final Cutz\u00a0(2019),\u00a0Vahe Oshagan: Between Acts\u00a0(2016),\u00a0Berserkers\u00a0(2014)<wbr \/>\u00a0and\u00a0Chickpeas\u00a0(1992).\u00a0In 2017,\u00a0he\u00a0self-published\u00a0Birds\u00a0<wbr \/>Nest, A Photographic Essay of Bourj Hammoud.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent producer\/director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1999,"template":"","dt_team_category":[48],"class_list":["post-2011","dt_team","type-dt_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dt_team_category-2026-speakers","dt_team_category-48","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_team\/2011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dt_team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dt_team_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamazkayinartlinks.org\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_team_category?post=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}