Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Hamo Beknazarian , also known as Hamo Bek Nazarov ( born May 19 , 1891 in Yerevan , died April 27 , 1965 in Moscow ) was a Armenian movie director .
Simplified: Hamo Beknazarian was born on May 19 , 1891 in Yerevan , the capital of Armenia , Russian Empire .