FILM DIRECTOR

Revaz Chkheidze

1926 - 2015

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Revaz "Rezo" Chkheidze (Georgian: რევაზ "რეზო" ჩხეიძე; 8 December 1926 – 3 May 2015) was a Georgian film director, People's Artist of the USSR, best known for his Soviet-era drama films, including his 1964 World War II-themed Father of a Soldier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Revaz Chkheidze has received more than 21,052 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Revaz Chkheidze is the 787th most popular film director (up from 967th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 176th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Georgian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Revaz Chkheidzes by language

Over the past year Revaz Chkheidze has had the most page views in the with 9,429 views, followed by Georgian (5,323), and English (3,188). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (115.49%), Volapük (108.67%), and Simple English (79.26%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Revaz Chkheidze ranks 787 out of 2,041. Before him are Bryan Singer, Joseph Vilsmaier, George Pal, Emil Loteanu, Masoud Kimiai, and Kevin Smith. After him are Michael Verhoeven, Sally Potter, Baltasar Kormákur, Martin Brest, Michel Audiard, and Aleksei Balabanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Revaz Chkheidze ranks 254. Before him are Heriberto Herrera, Stanley Cavell, Tadeusz Konwicki, Ladislav Pavlovič, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, and Borys Romanchenko. After him are Sven Axbom, Robert Ballaman, Alina Szapocznikow, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Pascual Pérez, and Lino Aldani. Among people deceased in 2015, Revaz Chkheidze ranks 218. Before him are Roddy Piper, Qiao Shi, Alex Rocco, Karl H. Pribram, Ninón Sevilla, and John Henry Holland. After him are Nicholas Liverpool, Michael Blake, Dinkha IV, Theodore Bikel, Karl Josef Becker, and Charles Pasqua.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Revaz Chkheidze ranks 160 out of 406. Before him are Dodo Abashidze (1924), Ramaz Shengelia (1957), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Joseph Orbeli (1887), Benjamin Markarian (1913), and Nana Jorjadze (1948). After him are Boris Paichadze (1915), David V of Georgia (1113), Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), Eldar Shengelaia (1933), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), and Irakli Abashidze (1909).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Revaz Chkheidze ranks 8. Before him are Otar Iosseliani (1934), Rouben Mamoulian (1897), Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), and Nana Jorjadze (1948). After him are Eldar Shengelaia (1933), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), Georgy Tovstonogov (1915), Lev Kulidzhanov (1924), and Zaza Urushadze (1965).

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Filmography

In Our Courtyard
Director
A lyrical story about the people of neighborhood in Tbilisi.
Dec 9o 19564.6 / 10
Father of a Soldier
Director
During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in the last days of war finds the son...
Dec 25o 19646.958 / 10
Magdana's Donkey
Director
This chamber drama is set in Georgia on the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A simple peasant family makes its living by selling yogurt which the Magdany widow takes every morning to the town market. Once, in their mother’s absence, the children – six-year-old Mikho and three-year-old Kato – found an abandoned donkey on a road leading to their village. The foundling was fed, tended, and the moment the donkey opened its big, tender eyes, it was named “Lurdja”, which means “blue-eyed”. Surrounded by love and care, the donkey became a big help in the poor household. But this idyll was not to last long…
Apr 1o 19555.833 / 10