Edwin Gérard-Hamamdjian
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Director, Playwright, Actor

  • edwingerard@hotmail.com - Tel: 33 1 43 35 43 73 (Paris)

  • Directing Credits
  • Acting Credits in Theatre - in Film - in Television
  • Teaching Experience in Academic and Professional
  • Degrees


  • DIRECTING CREDITS
    1992-2003:
    - "Toby and the Big Top" Walden Family Playhouse, Colorado Mills Denver, Colorado. Produced by Walden Media.
    - "La Danseuse de Shamakha". ("The Dancer of Shamakha") by Edwin Gerard-Hamamdjian. Théâtre du Nord-Ouest, Paris, France. 2002.
    - "The Path of Love" by Deborah Lawlor . Co-wrote and co-directed. Auroville Center, Pondicherry, India. 2000-2001.
    - "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski. Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles. (August to December, 2000) · "Best Production of the Year Garland Award for 2000" from Back Stage West ; · Best Director "Maddy" Award for direction from Beverly Press; · Best Theatre of 2000 List by After Dark Magazine · Top Ten Theatre List for 2000 by the New Times
    - "The Litigants" (Les Plaideurs) by Jean Racine. Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonne, Théâtre du Nord-Ouest, Paris, France.1998-99.
    - "Marriage Proposal and Swan Song" by Anton Chekhov. Théâtre du Nord-Ouest, Paris France. 1998.
    - "La Honte" by Edwin Gérard et Philippe Honoré. Théâtre du Guichet Montparnasse. · First Prize for original play by the "Festival Onze" Jury, Paris. 1997-98.
    - "Midsummer Night's Dream." Shakespeare; Paris, Centre Mathis. 1996.
    - "Parlons-en: Portraits de femmes" Théâtre de l'Actorat et Théâtre de la Colline, Paris. · First Prize for Best Acting Ensemble, Festival des Cyranos, Paris, France.
    - "Luck, Pluck, and Virtue." World premiere of James Lapine play, directed by James Lapine, at La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California, 1993. Dialect coach.
    - "Dentity Crisis" et "Baby with the Bathwater" by Christopher Durang, Bouffons Théâtre, Paris, 1993
    - "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, Studio Philippe Model, Paris, 1994.

    1980-1990:
    - "The Misanthrope" Molière/Wilbur. The Court Theatre, West Hollywood. · Six L.A. Drama-Logue Awards, including "Best Director" and "Production of the Year."
    - "The Mother." Brecht. Pasadena Community Arts Center. "Twanglehouse." by Edwin Gerard. Hyperion Theatre. L.A.
    - "The Baden Play for Learning" by B. Brecht. Venice Public Art Resource Center, Los Angeles.
    - "Monologues for Children" by E. Gerard. Part of "Fallout Fashions," Budd Freeman's Improv, Hollywood.
  • ACTING CREDITS
    THEATRE:
    - 2003 : Line (Arnall) by Israel Horovitz. Théâtre de Neuilly. Paris, France.
    - 2001 - 2002 : The Indian Wants the Bronx, (Gupta) by Israel Horovitz, Abaca Theatre, Lille, France.
    - 1999- 2001: Opera Panica (Opéra Panique) by Alejandro Jodorowsky. In Italian and French. Théâtre Bobigny, Paris, and twelve city Italian tour.
    - 1998-1999: The Litigants by Jean Racine, (Chicaneau) Théâtre du Nord-Ouest.Paris
    - 1996: Midsummer Night's Dream , Produced by F.A.C.T. Centre Mathis, Paris. (Role: Theseus)
    - 1993: Les Enfants Terribles, by Jean Cocteau, Dir. Nathalie Sevilla, Maisons Lafitte, France. (Role: Mikaël)
    - 1989: Peep Show by Reza Abdoh, Directed by Abdoh,
    ______. "Production of the Year" Award, L.A. Weekly;
    ______. "Best Original Play, 1989", by the L.A. Drama-Logue Critics'. (Role: Ken Redd)
    - 1987: The Misanthrope, by Molière, Court Theatre, L.A., (Role: Clitandre)
    - Before 1987:
    . Nanawatai !, by William Mastrosimone, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Directed by Lamont Johnson. (Roles : Shahzaman, Taj Mahmud)
    . The Farmyard, by F. X. Kroetz. Dir: Reza Abdoh. Drama-Logue Award. (Role:Sepp)
    . King Lear, by Shakespeare, Dir: Reza Abdoh, Gangway Performance Center, L. A. (Role: Kent.)
    . Le Plus Heureux des Trois. by Labiche, Comédie Française, Paris. Director: Jacques Charon.
    . The Mother of us All, by Gertrude Stein, Dir: Sally Lansing. Théâtre Ranelagh, Paris.
    . La Révolution française, Musical by A. Boublil and Jean-Michel Schoenberg. Rock-opera, Théâtre Mogador, Paris.
    . La Plus Belle Histoire by Louis Amade, Eglise St. Roch, Paris.
    . Nini la Chance with Annie Cordy, Théâtre Marigny, Paris.
  • FILM :
    - Demonlover, 2002. co-star, directed by Olivier Assayas, with Connie Nielson, Charles Berling, Chloé Savigny, and Gina Gershon. Official Entry : Cannes Festival
    - Les Portes de la Gloire, Christian Merret-Palmair. 2000.
    - Dieu est grand; je suis toute petite, with Audrey Tautou. 1999.
    - L'Homme est une femme comme les autres, Jean-Jacques Zilbermann 1998.
    - Tenue correcte éxigée, Directed by P. Lioret, 1997.
    - Corps Plongés, Raoul Peck, 1997
    - Chobizenesse, directed by Jean Yanne.
    - The Forgotten Dream, lead, written and directed by Z. Ohanessian, 1987.
  • TELEVISION :
    - 1999: La Famille Sapajou, Co-star. Director: Elisabeth Rappeneau. TF1.
    - 1994. Blood of the Hunter, Co-Star, Gaumont Productions, Director: Gilles Carles.
    - 1993 Highlander, Gaumont Production, Director : Dennis Berry.
    - 1991-2 Le Destin du Docteur Calvet, Series Co-Star,, recurrent -- Sahara Productions, TF1. Director: M. Lucker.
    - 1990 Counter-Strike, Co-Star, Atlantique Prod. --USA Cable, Dir: B. Dumont.
    - 1989 Family of Spies, Black Den Prod., Directed by Steve Gyllenhaal.
    - 1989 The Kennedys of Massachusetts, Role: Marquis de la Falaise, Edgar Scherick and Associates, Director: Lamont Johnson. Emmy Award nominee.
    - 1988 Dynasty II, the Colbys, Warner Hollywood, Aaron Spelling Productions.
    - 1987 The Taking of Flight 847, American Broadcasting System, Dir: Paul Wendkos. 1987 "General Hospital", A.B.C.
    - 1987 Ohara, Warner Hollywood.
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE (ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL)

    2003 Lecturer, University of Paris VIII. Subject : The American Theatre Experimentalists of the 1960's

    2002 (Sept -December) Sam Shepard Workshop, Cours Edwin Gerard , Ecole CôtéCour, Paris, France.

    2002 (July) Shakespeare Comedy Workshop; Cours Edwin Gerard.

    1990-2002 -- F.A.C.T. - Association franco-américaine de Cinéma et de Théâtre (with John Strasberg) Paris. Instructor in Scene Study and Improvsation.

    1990-1991-- Ecole du Passage (with Niels Arestrup) Instructor of Acting, Paris.

    1980-1992 -- Private Acting Workshops . In various locales, including the Atelier Robert Cordier. Many of these workshops focused on comedy, using scripts from film classics by Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, George Cukor, et. al. Los Angeles, 1980-89, and Paris,

    1993 -- Instructor in Voice and Speech for Actors. La Jolla Playhouse Conservatory Program, Tony Award winning regional theatre, La Jolla, California,

    1982 - 88. As Adjunct Assistant Professor, U.S.C. Division of Drama : Period Styles in Theatre and 17th and 18th Century European Drama. Stage movement, gesture, and dance in their historical contexts.

    1987-92 -- Instructor, U.C.L.A. Extension : From Commedia to Comedy and Comedy Workshops, based on contemporary comedic prototypes and their historical predecessors. Participants included visiting students from the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique in Paris. The same workshops were conducted in Paris in the 90's.

    January 1997 Sacha Guitry's Comedies ( La troisième dimension du personnage chez Guitry)
  • DEGREES:

    1978 - Doctorat de 3e Cycle, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Theatre Institute

    1972 - M.A., University of California, Berkeley.

    1969 - B.A, University of California, Los Angeles, Cum Laude.

    1988 -- California Secondary Level Teaching Credential. Cal State University, Northridge.
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- I.Présentation - II.Arménologie - III.Fonds documentaire du CRDA - IV.La vie arménienne en diaspora -V.La culture arménienne et l'Art - VI.Histoire - VII.Arménie(s) - VIII.Les différents environnements & l'Arménie - IX.Génocide de 1915 et enchaînements politico-médiatiques - X.Inconscient(s) collectif(s), Mémoire(s) et 1915 - XI.Religion(s) et Théologie(s)