The common-law husband of Margarita Simonyan is the famous director Tigran Keosayan. For the sake of the editor-in-chief of "Russia Today" Tigran left the family. With Margarita, they are raising two children and making films.
Tigran Keosayan and his path to fame
Tigran Keosayan was born in 1966 in Moscow. His family was closely associated with the world of cinema. Tigran's father is the famous director Edmond Keosayan, who shot the film "The Elusive Avengers" and many other films. The parents sent the boy to a music school and wanted him to connect his life with music. But Tigran Keosayan entered VGIK and successfully graduated from it. It is worth noting that the future celebrity was not immediately enrolled in an educational institution. An article was published in the Izvestia newspaper, in which journalists told how Edmond Keosayan tried to attach his "incompetent son" to one of the best universities in the country. Tigran had to prove that he had talent and was worthy of becoming a student.
After graduating from VGIK, Keosayan, together with Fyodor Bondarchuk, shot clips for famous pop singers. In 1991, Tigran tried to act in films, and a little later he directed the film "Katka and Shiz". In 1994, Keosayan founded the "GOLD VISION" company, which is engaged in shooting commercials and music videos.
Tigran considers his directorial activity to be the main one. He shot such famous films as "Poor Sasha", "Silver Lily of the Valley", "Things are funny. Matters are family." In 1994, the director met the actress Alena Khmelnitskaya. A year after they met, they got married and their daughter Alexandra was born. Daughter Ksenia was born 16 years later.
Tigran Keosayan is also a successful presenter. In 2007, he began to host the author's program "Evening with Tigran Keosayan". The program was so popular that after it was closed, the format had to be slightly changed and filming of a sequel had to be started. The director and his wife hosted the You and Me program, and in 2011 he began to host the Stop Silence show, in which the invited guests discussed topical issues.
Relationship with Margarita Simonyan
The couple of Tigran Keosayan and Alena Khmelnitskaya were considered one of the strongest. But in 2011 they stopped going out together. Already in 2012, at one of the movie premieres, Tigran appeared arm in arm with the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel Margarita Simonyan. He refrained from any comments. In 2013, Tigran and Alena Khmelnitskaya officially divorced. The director admitted that he had been dating Margarita for a long time and proposed to her, but the matter had not yet reached the wedding.
Acquaintance with Simonyan happened in a very unusual way. When Margarita was subjected to real harassment in the media, Tigran decided to express her words of support. For some time they just corresponded, then called each other. In a personal meeting, both realized that they had a lot in common. Margarita admitted in an interview that she was very worried and wanted to end the relationship with Tigran. She was embarrassed not by the age difference, but by the fact that her lover was married. She didn't want to hurt his wife. All doubts were dispelled by the accidental pregnancy of Margarita. At first, Simonyan was not happy with this news, since she could not understand how her lover would react to this, whether she would want to raise this child.
In 2013, Tigran and Margarita had a daughter, Maryana, and a year later they became the parents of a young son, Bagrat. At the beginning of 2019, information appeared about Simonyan's third pregnancy. Until now, Margarita and Tigran have not formalized the relationship officially, but they assure that they are going to do it.
Tigran Keosayan taught his common-law wife to write scripts. Together they managed to create several projects. It is surprising that in one of the films, the script for which was written by Tigran and Margarita, his ex-wife starred. Alena turned out to be a very wise woman and was able to establish good relations not only with Keosayan, but also with his new lover, the mother of his children.
Tigran Keosayan's new projects
Tigran Keosayan admits that he is happy in his personal life. New love and the birth of children gave him inspiration, gave him additional strength. He is still involved in filmmaking. In 2017, the director presented the "Actress" detective, co-authored with Margarita Simonyan.
In 2018, Keosayan began work on the comedy "Crimean Bridge. Made with Love!", Dedicated to the construction of a bridge over the Kerch Strait. Filming took place in real construction conditions. The scriptwriter was again Margarita Simonyan. The ratings for this film were unexpectedly low. But the director said that he did not consider the picture a failure. He suggested that the negative comments were left by viewers and critics for political reasons.
