Eldar Shengelaya
Soviet and Georgian film director, screenwriter (1933-2025) · Georgia · On the map · Directors · Died at 92
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.
Eldar Shengelaya is read about 48 times a day, in 21 languages.
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Long LiveFilm, Director2021
სიმღერაFilm, Director, Writer2020
The WellFilm, Director, Writer2017Nika AwardAward
The ChairFilm, 2017Director, Writer2016
The Caucasus TrioFilm, Director2009St. George's Order of VictoryAward2007Annual award ACFKAward2004
One Fig on the RoadFilm, Producer1994Shota Rustaveli State PrizeAward
Express InformationFilm, 1994Director, Writer1988People's Artist of the USSRAward1985USSR State PrizeAward1979People's artist of the Georgian SSRAward1977
Samanishvili's StepmotherFilm, Director1974
The EccentricsFilm, Director1968
An Unusual ExhibitionFilm, Director1965
MikelaFilm, Director1964
The White CaravanFilm, Director1960
A Snow Fairy TaleFilm, Director1958
The Legend of the Icy HeartFilm, Director1933Born26 January 1933People around Eldar
Dodo Abashidze Eldar directed Unusual Exhibition (1968)
Valentina Telichkina Eldar directed Unusual Exhibition (1968)
Sesilia Takaishvili Eldar directed Blue Mountains (1983)
Sergei Yutkevich Produced A Snow Fairy Tale (1960)
Medea Japaridze Eldar directed Blue Mountains (1983)
Revaz Gabriadze Also in An Unusual Exhibition and The Eccentrics- Lika Kavzharadze Eldar directed Blue Mountains (1983)
Dodo Chichinadze Eldar directed Blue Mountains (1983)
Otar Koberidze Eldar directed Blue Mountains (1983)
Lia Eliava Eldar directed Blue Mountains (1983)
Rezo Cheishvili Also in Blue Mountains, or an Unbelievable Story (1983)
Aleksey Sakharov Also in The Legend of the Icy Heart (1958)
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Beginning in 2008, he was chairman of the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia.


