What’s the first name that comes to mind when you think of the following description: Egyptian-born Canadian-Armenian filmmaker (awfully specific, we know!)? We’re going to go out on a limb and say you probably thought of Atom Egoyan and not Hagop Goudsouzian!
It’s hard to imagine that you've likely never heard of Goudsouzian, considering his illustrious and prolific career producing and directing television programs: well over 250 of them, in fact, mostly for public broadcasters in Canada.
In this h-pem exclusive, Goudsouzian reveals that his passion and thirst for exploring questions of culture and identity led him to leave behind a long career in mainstream television for a new mission: creating independent films about the topics that mattered to him most.
