FILM DIRECTOR

Eldar Shengelaia

1933 - Today

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Eldar Shengelaia (Georgian: ელდარ შენგელაია; Russian: Эльда́р Никола́евич Шенгела́я; born 26 January 1933) is a Georgian and Soviet 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 has been awarded the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia (1979) and of the Soviet Union (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eldar Shengelaia has received more than 33,536 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eldar Shengelaia is the 801st most popular film director, the 164th most popular biography from Georgia and the 9th most popular Georgian Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 2.12

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Eldar Shengelaia ranks 801 out of 2,041. Before him are Ivan Pyryev, Bruno Bozzetto, Arturo Ripstein, George Sidney, Atom Egoyan, and Karen Shakhnazarov. After him are Marlen Khutsiev, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Luis Trenker, Russell Mulcahy, Alain Cavalier, and Edgar G. Ulmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Eldar Shengelaia ranks 273. Before him are Sam Jones, William Smith, John Taylor, Jiří Tichý, Mary Ure, and Ceija Stojka. After him are Henry Darrow, Máté Fenyvesi, Javier Lozano Barragán, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Tete Montoliu, and James Wolfensohn.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Eldar Shengelaia ranks 164 out of 406. Before him are Benjamin Markarian (1913), Nana Jorjadze (1948), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Boris Paichadze (1915), David V of Georgia (1113), and Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880). After him are Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Irakli Abashidze (1909), Shovkat Mammadova (1897), Tamar Abakelia (1905), Tengiz Sigua (1934), and Kakhi Asatiani (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Eldar Shengelaia ranks 9. Before him are Rouben Mamoulian (1897), Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Nana Jorjadze (1948), and Revaz Chkheidze (1926). After him are Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), Georgy Tovstonogov (1915), Lev Kulidzhanov (1924), and Zaza Urushadze (1965).

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Filmography

Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story
Director
An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.
Dec 18o 19837.4 / 10
The Eccentrics
Director
When a hapless young man from the country falls for a married woman in the city, he finds himself jailed for trying to off with her husband. There he encounters a renegade prisoner and latter-day Da Vinci, who ropes him into his latest hare-brained scheme: a daring prison break on board a DIY helicopter…
Jan 20o 19746.7 / 10
The White Caravan
Director
Martia, an experienced shepherd together with others is moving his herd to the winter pastures. The life of the shepherds is mundane and complex to the extent that even a minor mistake is fraught with serious consequences. Martia’s older son forsakes the herd for good and moves to the city in quest of easy money. In his attempt to save the herd scattered by the storm, Martia dies. Martia’s son, who returns home from the city blames himself for the accident and is profoundly repentant.
Feb 3o 19644.2 / 10