Rouben Mamoulian

Rouben Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theatre director.

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (ruled at that time by imperial Russia) to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922. He moved to America the next year and was involved in directing opera and theatre.

He was the first to direct a film in technicolor (Blood and Sand and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) and directed the Broadway productions of Porgy and Bess in 1935 and Oklahoma in 1943