Known for

Directing

Born

Jan 4, 1966

Died

Sep 26, 2025 (aged 59)

Place of birth

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Tigran Keosayan

Tigran Edmondovich Keosayan (January 4, 1966, Moscow — September 26, 2025, ibid.) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer, film and television actor, music video director, and television presenter of Armenian descent, known for his anti-Ukrainian, sexist, racist, chauvinistic statements and propaganda. Author and host of the Russian satirical political program "International Sawmill." Son of Soviet film director and screenwriter Edmond Keosayan, husband of Margarita Simonyan. In 2022, Armenia declared Keosayan persona non grata due to his propaganda statements and banned him from entering the country.

Titles

Projectorparishilton

Series • 2008

The Heat

Movie • 2006

Joker

Movie • 1991

Ялта-45

Series • 2011

A Hare over the Abyss

Movie • 2006

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

Movie • 1971

Crimean Bridge. Made With Love!

Movie • 2018

7 Days

Movie • 2025

The President and his Granddaughter

Movie • 2000

Silver Lily of the Valley

Movie • 2000

Immortals

Movie • 2022

Poor Sasha

Movie • 1997

Mirage

Movie • 2008