Stéphane Tchalgadjieff

Stéphane Tchalgadjieff is an Armenian film producer and director who worked mostly in France, who was born on 9 August 1942 in Bulgaria. He founded several motion picture companies: Sunchild productions (1971–1981), Sunshine (1995) and the Solaris (2002–present).

He studied anthropology at Columbia University and New York University. He produced movies for, among others, Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jacques Rivette and Marguerite Duras. He worked with a line producer: Danièle Gégauff, former actress for Claude Chabrol.