DC Comics that his film The Mark of Zorro is the film that Bruce Wayne and his family saw in the theater before his parents were murdered. Mamoulian’s film The Mark of Zorro is one of the biggest inspirations of the character Batman. The biggest similarities include the cowl, the dark personality, and mystery of his identity. In Batman: The Animated Series, the character Gray Ghost was inspired by Mamoulian’s version of Zorro. The Sydney Film Festival has an award named after him: the Rouben Mamoulian Award for the Best Director of an Australian Short Film. Awards and honors On February 8, 1960, for his contribution to the motion picture industry, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1982 Mamoulian received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America. In 2019, Mamoulian’s film Becky Sharp was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Filmography Other work Studies and biographies Rouben Mamoulian, Tom Milne, Cinema One Series no. 13, Thames & Hudson 1969 See also References External links Theater Programs, Playbills and Miscellany from the Rouben Mamoulian Collection at the Library of Congress Obituary – "Rouben Mamoulian, Broadway Director, Is Dead" by Peter B. Flint in The New York Times on December 6, 1987. American theatre directors American film directors American people of Armenian descent Donaldson Award winners Eastman School of Music faculty Soviet emigrants to the United States Film people from Tbilisi Georgian people of Armenian descent 1897 births 1987 deaths Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)