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diran

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About Me

I am a Film Director, photographer, Musician (playing guitar and singing in my own bands NOUBAR, SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF and NOTHING IS REAL) and a Music producer. My films include the Cannes Film Festival Documentary "Cannes 1-0-1", The Social Documentary "Armenia, A Country Under Blockade", narrated by System Of A Down's Serj Tankian and I am presently British Gothic-Metal band PARADISE LOST's and Racing Driver Tiago Monteiro's Documentarist.

Name: Diran
Birthday: October 5, 1975
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Current Location: los Angeles, California
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 2 meters
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed
Your Heritage: Armenian / Italian
The Shoes You Wore Today: Prada
Your Weakness: Bollinger R.D 1995
Your Fears: Nick Holmes singing Falcetto
Your Perfect Pizza: In Venice, on campo santa margherita
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Can't really say, it's a secret...
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Be right back
Thoughts First Waking Up: Never this wine again!! too much sulfites!!
Your Best Physical Feature: my hands
Your Bedtime: 4am
Your Most Missed Memory: i don't miss my memories
Pepsi or Coke: I do not have digestive problems
MacDonalds or Burger King: hummm.... now i might
Single or Group Dates: none. what do you expect?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee. Espresso doppio per favore
Do you Smoke: this event happens
Do you Swear: unfortunately
Do you Sing: I try
Do you Shower Daily: Twice
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: already been there, thanks
Do you want to get Married: already done that
Do you belive in yourself: Is there a fee if I say "yes"??
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: depends to who
Are you a Health Freak: two weeks per month
Do you get along with your Parents: Absolutely
Do you like Thunderstorms: of course
Do you play an Instrument: not only one
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: hmmm... yip...
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: what are they?
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: of course
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: nope (or i wasn't informed yet)
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: nope
Ever been Drunk: hell yeah!
Ever been called a Tease: maybe
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: no (you're gonna start thinking i am from the north of England!!)
How do you want to Die: Who said I wanted to?
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: an Airplane pilot. Bruce Dickinson did it!! why not me?
What country would you most like to Visit: Uruguay
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue or Green or Brown or Black
Favourite Hair Color: Blonde or Brown or Black or Auburn
Short or Long Hair: Both
Height: Short And Tall
Weight: what kind of question is THAT??
Best Clothing Style: Your style
Number of Drugs I have taken: Not that many. and even if I lie, not of your business
Number of CDs I own: 5,000+
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: none

My Interests

Cinema, Documentaries, Shorts, Music, Painting, Sculpture (not that I can sculpt)

Music:

In English Language, PARADISE LOST !!!!! My Dying Bride, Muse, System Of A Down, Massive Attack, Delerium, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Type O'Negative, Celtic Frost, Kreator, Christian Death, Testament, Slayer, Megadeth, Cathedral, all the happy stuff... but Also Duran Duran, The Smiths, Arcadia, New Order and Alphaville... Ramones, Motorhead, etc... In German Language, Kraftwerk, Oomph, Rammstein, Das Ich, Einsturzende Neubauten... In Italian Language, Tiziano Ferro, Litfiba, Subsonica, Nek, Delta V, and Lacuna Coil, of course... In French Language, Old Serge Gainsbourg, Charles Aznavour, Vegastar, Indochine and Noir Desir. In Armenian Language, Bambir, Tata Simonian, Nune Yesayan, and the monumental Ruben Hakhverdian... In Russian, t.A.T.u... but Only in Russian !! Without words, Ennio Morricone, Badawi, Djivan Gasparyan, John Barry, Levon Minassian, Vladimir Cosma, Angelo Badalamenti, Franco Micalizzi, Vicente Amigo, Avishai Cohen

Movies:

Anything by the great Atom Egoyan (especially ARARAT, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, EXOTICA and WHERE THE TRUTH LIES). Anything with Sir Roger Moore, my personal favourite being "THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF" because he actually acts in this one. Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" and "Fearless Vampire Killers", Lucchino Visconti's "Gattopardo", Henri Verneuil's "Peur Sur La Ville", Tykwer's "Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin". Usually anything with Claudia Cardinale, Laura Morante, Françoise Fabian, Yves Montand, Lino Ventura, Richard E. Grant, Ian McKellen, Kevin Bacon, Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr, Vincent Cassel, Javier Bardem... oh... how could I forget Michael Caine and Peter O'Toole....???.... My favourite movie of all times: "My Name Is Nobody" from Tonino Valerii with Terence Hill and Henry Fonda. A masterpiece... ....

Television:

I haven't turned it on since they stopped playing 'The Saint' and 'The Persuaders'...

Books:

"La Masseria Delle Allodole" by Antonia Arslan, "The Burning Tigris" By Peter Balakian, "Belle Du Seigneur" by Albert Cohen, "Snow" by Orhan Pamuk, anything by Kafka, Kundera, Albert Camus, Shakespeare, and Tenessee Williams... and of course the greatest book of them all... THE MICHELIN GUIDE 2007 (Yummy...)

Heroes:

BUSH (kate, not George), BLAIR (Selma, not Tony) and basically all the other ones who had the guts not to change a last name that became embarassing... to say the least!

My Blog

"SAVING US" NOW POSTED!!

Hola Everyone!!The song I played Guitar on, on Serj Tankian's new record due October 23rd, is now posted on Serj's MySpace. Enjoy the song and Enjoy this great record!!All the best to all of you!!Dira...
Posted by diran on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:59:00 PST

SERJ TANKIAN MUSIC VIDEO and MORE...

Hello Everyone...Just checking in to let you know how much of an honor and pleasure ithas been to direct Serj Tankian's new Music Video "Baby" (from theupcoming new solo album "Elect The Dead", due in...
Posted by diran on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:08:00 PST

MY NEW FILM "OVER THE MADNESS" ABOUT PARADISE LOST

PARADISE LOST in Diran Noubar's "OVER THE MADNESS"Everything you've always wanted to know about a rock band."Think Spinal Tap, just&REAL!" - Alex Skolnick, TestamentLos Angeles, California, May 8, 200...
Posted by diran on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:08:00 PST

THE ASSASSINATION OF HRANT DINK

One of the greatest human rights activist passed away. shot dead, in a street of Istambul, Turkey. Hrant Dink was a sweet, honest person, and spending time with him was the guarantee of a GREAT time. ...
Posted by diran on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:24:00 PST

INTERVIEW FOR FRENCH TV

Hi there !!I hope you're all well.Interesting event last week, when French music television NRJ12 (Cable TVemulation of Radio Station NRJ) came to interview me as I was directingArmenian Rock Band Bam...
Posted by diran on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:26:00 PST

EXCITING NEWS

Hey everyone,I had the great honour and priviledge a few days ago to play guitar on my friend System Of A Down's Serj Tankian solo album, due to release in mid-2007.All the songs on the album are grea...
Posted by diran on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:58:00 PST

ARMENIA, A COUNTRY UNDER BLOCKADE

DOCUMENTARY ON THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF THE TURKISHBLOCKADE ON ARMENIA NARRATED BY SERJ TANKIAN-- Film Narrated by System of a Down's Serj Tankian;Won Praise of Award-Winning Director Atom EgoyanWASH...
Posted by diran on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:37:00 PST