Henri Verneuil

Achod Malakian

Born October 15, 1920· Rodosto, Ottoman Empire [now Tekirdag, Turkey]

† Died January 11, 2002

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Born Ashot Malakian to Armenian parents in Ottoman-era Rodosto, he escaped the genocide with his family to Marseille in 1924, later graduating from the École Nationale d’Arts et Métiers in Aix-en-Provence before turning to journalism and editing the Armenian magazine Horizon. After persuading Fernandel to appear in his debut project, he directed his first feature, La Table aux crevés, in 1951 and…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources