Years active 1997 – present Name Giorgi Ovashvili | Role Film director | |
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Full Name George Ovashvili Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor Notable work Gagma napiri (2009), "The Other Bank" Movies Corn Island, The Other Bank, Zgvis Donidan... Nominations European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year, Nika Award for Best Film of CIS and Baltic States Similar People Mariam Buturishvili, Tamer Levent, Ilyas Salman, Elemer Ragalyi, Sobo Bardanashvili | ||
Mixer giorgi ovashvili simindis kundzuli
George Ovashvili (Georgian: გიორგი ოვაშვილი; 14 November 1963) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter.
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- Mixer giorgi ovashvili simindis kundzuli
- Rendezvous with georgian film director and screenwriter giorgi ovashvili
- Biography
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Self TV
- References
Rendezvous with georgian film director and screenwriter giorgi ovashvili
Biography
George Ovashvili was born in Mtskheta, Georgia. He studied at the Polytechnical Institute (1981—1986).
Ovashvili is a graduate of the Georgian State Institute of Cinema and Theatre (1996), and the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Holywood (2006). A stage actor at the State Theatre, he also directed plays for children and ran an advertising agency.
The writer of a television program entitled Georgian Bulletin for a broadcaster in New York. His short film, Zgvis Donidan — Eye Level (2005) received numerous awards. He has directed a number of poignantly elegant shorts, most notably — Eye Level (New York Film Academy Scholarship Award at Berlinale 2005, Special Prize of International Jury at Odense FF) and The Trolley (Special Prize of international jury at Kiev "Molodist" FF).
The other bank is his big-screen directorial debut and has received several awards.