Giorgi Shengelaia

Georgian and Soviet film director (1937–2020)

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(m. 1957; div. 1977)

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(m. 1985; div. 1990)

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Nato Vachnadze (mother)

Giorgi Shengelaia (Georgian: გიორგი შენგელაია; Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Шенгела́я; 11 May 1937 – 17 February 2020) was a Georgian and Soviet film director.^[1] He directed 14 films since 1961. His film Pirosmani (a poetic film about the great Georgian primitive artist Niko Pirosmanishvili who worked circa 1915) won the Grand Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1974 and went on to international critical acclaim. His 1985 film The Journey of a Young Composer was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival where he won the Silver Bear for Best Director.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Actor	Note
1956	In Our Courtyard			Yes
1961	AOtaraant Widow			Yes
1961	Ambavi erti kalishvilisa			Yes
1961	Niko Pirosmanishvili	Yes	Yes		Documentary
1962	Alaverdoba	Yes	Yes		Short film
1965	Djildo	Yes			Short film
1965	Rats ginakhavs, vegar nakhav			Yes
1966	Matsi Khvitia	Yes	Yes
1969	Pirosmani	Yes	Yes
1973	Melodies of Vera Quarter	Yes	Yes
1976	Kvishani darchebian	Yes	Yes	Yes
1980	Sikvaruli kvelas unda	Yes
1984	The Journey of a Young Composer	Yes	Yes
1987	Khareba and Gogia	Yes	Yes
1996	Kahdzhi Murat	Yes	Yes
1996	Orpeosis sikvdili	Yes	Yes
2000	Georgian grapes	Yes	Yes
2005	Midioda matarebeli	Yes	Yes

References

^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 664–665. ISBN 1442268425.
^ "Berlinale: 1986 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2011-01-16.