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).
[1] 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.