Of Armenian origin, Katanyan grew up in Tiflis (now Tbilisi). He was the director of the first Soviet panoramic film, "Spring Road" (1959). He is the son of Vasily Abgarovich Katanyan.
Sakhalin Island
(Director)
The Magic Beam
(Director)
Cinerama's Russian Adventure
(Director)
Stars Meet in Moscow
(Director)
Earth in Space
(Screenplay)
Anna Karenina
(Screenplay)
Sergei Eisenstein
(Producer)
Sergei Eisenstein
(Director)
The Bath House
(Script Consultant)
Maya Plisetskaya
(Director)
In the Far Eastern Seas
(Director)
The Unknown War
(Director)