# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eldar-shengelaya
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:34:24.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eldar-shengelaya"
name: "Eldar Shengelaya"
slug: "eldar-shengelaya"
description: "Eldar Shengelaia was a Georgian film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1957 and 1996. From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He was awarded the title of the People's Artist of the USSR (1988). He was a chairman of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia from 1976. Beginning in 2008, he was chairman of the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia."
tagline: "Soviet and Georgian film director, screenwriter (1933–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eldar_Shengelaya_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-01-26"
deathDate: "2025-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.38502933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 209
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791542/"
    handle:    "nm0791542"
sources:
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    title: "ელდარ შენგელაია"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الدار شينجيلايا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_%C5%9Eengelaya"
    title: "Eldar Şengelaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Sjengelaja"
    title: "Eldar Sjengelaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Schengelaia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Shengelaia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Sengelaja"
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    title: "Էլդար Շենգելայա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Shengelaia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Šengelaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ელდარ შენგელაია"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Sjengelaia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Sjengelaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eldar Szengiełaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%8F%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шенгелая, Эльдар Николаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Shengelaia"
    title: "Eldar Shengelaia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%8F"
    title: "Ельдар Шенгелая"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1117979"
    title: "Eldar Shengelaia"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump