FILM DIRECTOR

Otar Iosseliani

1934 - 2023

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Otar Iosseliani (Georgian: ოთარ იოსელიანი otar ioseliani; 2 February 1934 – 17 December 2023) was a Georgian film director, known for movies such as Falling Leaves, Pastorale and Favourites of the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otar Iosseliani has received more than 157,498 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Otar Iosseliani is the 113th most popular film director (up from 280th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Georgia (up from 47th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Otar Iosseliani ranks 113 out of 2,041. Before him are John Carpenter, Robert Altman, David Fincher, John Huston, Terrence Malick, and Kenji Mizoguchi. After him are Manoel de Oliveira, Jules Dassin, Peter Jackson, Jerzy Grotowski, David Lean, and Sergei Bondarchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Otar Iosseliani ranks 42. Before him are Richard Meier, Roman Herzog, Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, and Alan Arkin. After him are Tarcisio Bertone, Jacques Anquetil, Bill Russell, David J. Thouless, Jonas Savimbi, and John L. Hall. Among people deceased in 2023, Otar Iosseliani ranks 52. Before him are Karel Schwarzenberg, Rosalynn Carter, Pervez Musharraf, Alan Arkin, Federico Bahamontes, and Tom Wilkinson. After him are David McCallum, Miroslav Blažević, Mircea Snegur, Lucile Randon, Dick Fosbury, and Jan Jongbloed.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Otar Iosseliani ranks 22 out of 406. Before him are Sayat-Nova (1712), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergei Witte (1849), and Rusudan of Georgia (1194). After him are Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Giya Kancheli (1935), Kato Svanidze (1885), Herbert Backe (1896), Keke Geladze (1858), and Bagrat III of Georgia (960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Otar Iosseliani ranks 2. Before him are Sergei Parajanov (1924). After him are Rouben Mamoulian (1897), Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Nana Jorjadze (1948), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Eldar Shengelaia (1933), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), and Georgy Tovstonogov (1915).

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Filmography

There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
Director
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never staying still for five minutes. However, he always manages to arrive at the theater just in time to play the drums at the end of the ballet.
Oct 20o 19746.2 / 10
April
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A critique of materialism, the film is about a young couple who live in a rundown empty apartment. Their love is so strong that it makes the water flow and the electricity work, but when they start purchasing furniture and knickknacks, they fight and grow apart.
Dec 3o 19635 / 10
Falling Leaves
Director
A young worker takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Jan 16o 19664.9 / 10