Eldar Nikolayevich Shengelaya ( Georgian ელდარ ნიკოლოზის ძე შენგელაია ; born January 26, 1933 ) - Georgian film director , screenwriter , teacher .
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People's Artist of the USSR ( 1988 ). Laureate of the USSR State Prize ( 1985 ).
Biography
Born on January 26, 1933 in Tiflis (now Tbilisi ).
In 1958 he graduated from the VGIK Faculty of History (workshop of S. Yutkevich and S. Skvortsov ), studied with Alexander Kurochkin , Eduard Abalyan and Alexei Sakharov .
In 1958-1960 - director of the Mosfilm film studio, since 1960 - the Georgia-film film studio. Member of the CPSU since 1965 [3] .
In 1983, he directed the comedy film "Blue Mountains, or an Imagineable Story", which coincided with the beginning of the "perestroika" trends . The film had a favorable press, received the prize of the All-Union Film Festival in 1984, and in 1985 - the USSR State Prize .
In 1993, he directed the absurd comedy Express Information (produced by Georgia and the Federal Republic of Germany ), which was favorably appreciated in festival programs (Tbilisi-93, San-Rafael-94), but had practically no rental.
In 1975-1980 he led the directorial workshop at the Tbilisi Theater Institute named after Shota Rustaveli .
Since 1976 - First Secretary of the Board of the Union of Filmmakers of Georgia and Secretary of the Board of the Union of Filmmakers of the USSR .
In 1985, he was a member of the jury of the XIV Moscow International Film Festival .
He conducted active political activity: from 1981 to 1990 - deputy of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR , in 1989-1991 - people's deputy of the USSR . One of the founders of the political opposition organization in Georgia, the Popular Front ( 1989 ).
Since 1990 - Member of the Supreme Council of Georgia (member of the opposition faction "Democratic Center"). In 1992, 1995, 1999 and 2004 he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia , in different years he was chairman of the parliamentary Commission on Culture, deputy chairman of the parliament.
In 1993, he participated in the creation of the political organization “Union of Georgian Citizens”.
Family
- Father - Nikolai Shengelaya (1903-1943) - film director, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935)
- Mother - Nato Vachnadze (1904-1953), actress, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1941)
- Brother - George Shengelaya (b. 1937), film director
- Ex-wife - Ariadna Shengelaya (b. 1937) actress, People's Artist of Russia (2000)
- Daughter - Nato Shengelaya (born 1958), actress
- Daughter - Katya (Ekaterina Eldarovna) Shengelaya (b. 1967).
Filmography
Director
- 1957 - “ The Legend of the Frozen Heart ” (with A. Sakharov )
- 1959 - “ Snow Fairy Tale ” (with A. Sakharov)
- 1963 - The White Caravan (shared with T. Meliava )
- 1965 - “ Mikela ” (short story in the film almanac “ Pages of the Past ”)
- 1968 - "An Extraordinary Exhibition "
- 1973 - The Eccentrics
- 1977 - “ Stepmother Samanishvili ”
- 1983 - " Blue Mountains, or an implausible story "
- 1993 - Express Information
- 1996 - “ Dog Rose ” (“Rosehip”)
- 2015 - " Caucasian Trio " (shared with F. Ibragimbekov )
Screenwriter
- 1965 - “ Mikela ” (short story in the film almanac “ Pages of the Past ”)
- 1974 - “ Eccentrics ” (with R. Gabriadze )
- 1993 - " Express Information " (jointly with R. Cheishvili )
- 1996 - “ Dog Rose ” (“Rosehip”)
Filmmaking
- 2007 - “Mikhail Ershov. Forever in my memory ”(documentary)
Awards and titles
- People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1979)
- People's Artist of the USSR ( 1988 )
- USSR State Prize ( 1985 )
- State Prize of Georgia named after Shota Rustaveli ( 1994 , film "Express Information")
- Prize of the Lenin Komsomol of the Georgian SSR ( 1965 , film "White Caravan")
- Order of Victory named after St. George ( 2009 ) [4]
- VKF (Special prize "For a poetic narration of a man of labor", the film "White Caravan", Leningrad , 1964)
- CF of the republics of Transcaucasia and Ukraine in Kiev (Prize "For the best directorial work", film "Unusual exhibition", 1969)
- VKF (Grand Prize, the film "Stepmother Samanishvili", Yerevan , 1978)
- IFF in Cairo (Special jury prize for directing, the film "Stepmother Samanishvili", 1978)
- VKF (Grand Prize, Diploma, the film "Blue Mountains, or an implausible story", Kiev, 1984)
- Golden Eagle International Film Festival in Tbilisi (Special jury prize, film "Express Information", 1993)
- Russian Film Festival in San Rafael (Special jury prize, film "Express Information", France , 1994)
- IX Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan (Taller Parajanova - Parajanov Prize for achievements in cinema, 2012 ) [5]
- Nika Award for the best film of the CIS and Baltic countries (film Armchair)
- Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia (2012) [6]
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 141082569 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ SHENGELAYA Eldar Nikolaevich Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. S. I. Yutkevich; Editorial board: Yu. S. Afanasyev, V.E. Baskakov, I.V. Weissfeld et al. - M.: Sov. Encyclopedia, 1987 .-- 640 p., 96 p. silt
- ↑ The President presented the Order of St. George Eldar Shengelai (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 2, 2010. Archived September 23, 2015.
- ↑ Ekaterina Vizgalova. 9th Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Armenia. Opening (inaccessible link) . Cinema-Theater.Ru (July 8, 2012). Date of treatment July 23, 2012. Archived December 16, 2012.
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