FILM DIRECTOR

Giorgi Shengelaia

1937 - 2020

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Giorgi Shengelaia (Georgian: გიორგი შენგელაია; Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Шенгела́я; 11 May 1937 – 17 February 2020) was a Georgian and Soviet film director. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgi Shengelaia is the 1,185th most popular film director (down from 947th in 2019), the 2,009th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,647th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Giorgi Shengelaia ranks 1,185 out of 2,041. Before him are Luise Fleck, Roy Ward Baker, Mark Herman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Alan Ball, and John Pilger. After him are Gerry Anderson, Nick Park, Franz Antel, Francis Girod, Trey Parker, and Joe Ranft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Giorgi Shengelaia ranks 424. Before him are Carmelo Bene, Ina Balin, Héctor Facundo, Chad Everett, Romano Sgheiz, and Pierluigi Chicca. After him are Walter Graf, Birju Maharaj, Tore Eriksson, Anatoly Karatsuba, German Sveshnikov, and Francesco Janich. Among people deceased in 2020, Giorgi Shengelaia ranks 539. Before him are Franca Valeri, Sergei Slonimsky, Karl Dall, Aileen Baviera, Horst Meyer, and Boris Klyuyev. After him are Tim Severin, Cabeção, Willi Holdorf, Aleksandr Aksinin, Fritz d'Orey, and Norman I. Platnick.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Giorgi Shengelaia ranks 2,009 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Klyuyev (1944), Karandash (1901), Marina Popovich (1931), Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (1884), Sainkho Namtchylak (1957), and Yuliya Borisova (1925). After him are Andriy Yarmolenko (1989), Vasily Andreyev (1861), José García (null), Gennadi Sosonko (1943), Igor Novikov (1929), and Alexander Kokorinov (1726).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Giorgi Shengelaia ranks 54. Before him are Alexei Uchitel (1951), Tigran Keosayan (1966), Alexander Nevzorov (1958), Vladimir Naumov (1927), Sergei Solovyov (1944), and Pavel Lungin (1949). After him are Sergey Urusevsky (1908), Alexander Mitta (1933), Gregory Ratoff (1897), Roman Abelevich Kachanov (1921), Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967), and Aleksandr Zarkhi (1908).

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