Jivan Avetisyan () is an Armenian film director. Biography Jivan Avetisyan was born in Gyumri and grew up in Stepanakert, now he lives in Yerevan. 1993–1997 he attended the theater group of the Stepanakert children's creative center. In 1998 Jivan finished the N9 secondary school after Hovhannes Tumanyan in Stepanakert. 1998–1999 he was engaged in film directors courses at the Public Television of Armenia. 1999–2001 he served in the NKR Defense Army with mandatory military service. 2002–2007 he studied at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography in the faculty of Feature Films. 1996–1997 he worked at the Stepanakert Dramatic Theater named after Vahram Papazyan. From 1998 to 1999 he worked as a lighting specialist at the Stepanakert Television. Later he was the director of the TV programs. 2003–2009 he worked as a director of films and TV programs at Yerkir Media TV company. From 2009 to 2014 he was the chief director at Yerkir Media. Since 2014 he has been the director of The Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation. Presentation-seminar of "Directors without Borders" film project at Golden Apricot International Film Festival (2006. 2007, 2013) Tbilisi War and Peace Reporting Institute, "War and the Press" practical training and contest (2009) In 2005 he took part in the "I am" international youth festival in Yerevan with the film "Towards the wind" and won a diploma Laureate of "The Best Programs of Cooperation" international Festival (Alma-Ata) organized by "Extremes" TV program, "Mir" TV Company With the film "Life Unobserved" he took part in the "Up and Coming" international film festival in Hannover, Germany (2006) Ischia International Film festival with the film "The Dawn is Peaceful in Artshakh" "Oriental Silver" Documentary Film Festival-Market in Jihlava, Czech Republic (2008) From 2007 to 2008 and 2013 with the films "Life Unobserved", "The Dawn is Peaceful in Artsakh" and "Broken Childhood" he took part in Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan; for the film "Broken Childhood" was awarded a special prize named after Hrant Matevosyan With the films "Broken Childhood" and "Tevanik" he took part in the 66th Cannes Film Festival, 2013 During the Pan-Armenian contest "Best Scientific and Creative Work" of World Armenian Congress and Armenian Union of Russia he was awarded a prize as the Best Screenplay for the film "Life at the Borderline", 2013 Filmography Feature films Documentary films Festivals/Awards • Chichester International Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Independent Film,