# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giorgi-shengelaia
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:41:42.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giorgi-shengelaia"
name: "Giorgi Shengelaia"
slug: "giorgi-shengelaia"
description: "Giorgi Shengelaia was a Georgian and Soviet film director. He directed 14 films since 1961. His film Pirosmani 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."
tagline: "Georgian film director (1937–2020)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/k5T61diWH1DaDOzBupchSp4XrTa.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-05-11"
deathDate: "2020-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.850158454030508
  historical:           13.677904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump