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The New York Post
April 11, 2014 Friday
Where's my 150G movie!?
by Selim Algar
A Westchester private-equity honcho paid a husband-and-wife Brooklyn
filmmaking team more than $150,000 in 2009 to produce a documentary on
the Armenian genocide - and they still haven't gotten around to making
it, according to a federal lawsuit.
Kohlberg & Co. COO Shant Mardirossian, an active figure in the
Armenian community, commissioned compatriots Alina and Zareh
Tjeknavorian to complete a full-length documentary by April 2015 to
coincide with the upcoming 100th anniversary of the start of the
genocide, court papers state.
But the fed-up financier from Mount Kisco finally slapped the couple
with the suit this week after they allegedly used the cash to pay for
travel, research and camera equipment without ever showing evidence
the film was in the works.
Mardirossian's suit claims that they haven't provided a single frame
of film and have refused to return any of the pricey hardware they
purchased with his cash. The Tjeknavorians were "mired in tangential
matters unrelated to the main plot of the film and were desperately
behind schedule with no viable plan to get back on schedule," court
papers state.
Mardirossian would not comment on the case, and a lawyer for the
filmmakers did not immediately return a call for comment.
http://nypost.com/2014/04/11/financier-sues-film-duo-for-not-delivering-genocide-film/
April 11, 2014 Friday
Where's my 150G movie!?
by Selim Algar
A Westchester private-equity honcho paid a husband-and-wife Brooklyn
filmmaking team more than $150,000 in 2009 to produce a documentary on
the Armenian genocide - and they still haven't gotten around to making
it, according to a federal lawsuit.
Kohlberg & Co. COO Shant Mardirossian, an active figure in the
Armenian community, commissioned compatriots Alina and Zareh
Tjeknavorian to complete a full-length documentary by April 2015 to
coincide with the upcoming 100th anniversary of the start of the
genocide, court papers state.
But the fed-up financier from Mount Kisco finally slapped the couple
with the suit this week after they allegedly used the cash to pay for
travel, research and camera equipment without ever showing evidence
the film was in the works.
Mardirossian's suit claims that they haven't provided a single frame
of film and have refused to return any of the pricey hardware they
purchased with his cash. The Tjeknavorians were "mired in tangential
matters unrelated to the main plot of the film and were desperately
behind schedule with no viable plan to get back on schedule," court
papers state.
Mardirossian would not comment on the case, and a lawyer for the
filmmakers did not immediately return a call for comment.
http://nypost.com/2014/04/11/financier-sues-film-duo-for-not-delivering-genocide-film/