Keshishian name origin
Alek Keshishian
American film director and screenwriter
Alek Keshishian (Armenian: Ալեք Գևորգի Քեշիշեան, born 30 July 1964) is an Armenian-American film and commercial director, writer, producer and music video director. His 1991 documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare was the highest-grossing documentary of all time until 2002; it "changed the way filmmakers explored the world of celebrity" and had a "profound impact on LGBTQ representation in film." [1][2]
Early life and education
Keshishian was born in Beirut to Cecile Keshishian (née Simonian), and Kevork Keshishian, a pediatrician.[3] The family immigrated to the United States in 1969. They lived briefly in Brookline, Massachusetts, and then moved to Manchester, New Hampshire.[4] Immersed in the Armenian community, the Keshishians often housed Armenian refugees, and Keshishian and his younger sister, Aleen Keshishian, grew up speaking English and Armenian.[5] Both Alek Keshishian - Wikiwand articles!