Eldar Shengelaia

Eldar Shengelaia
ელდარ შენგელაია
Shengelaya in 2004
Member of the Parliament of Georgia
In office
14 November 1990 – 22 April 2004
Personal details
Born(1933-01-26)26 January 1933
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR (now Georgia)
Died4 August 2025(2025-08-04) (aged 92)
OccupationFilm director
Screenwriter

Eldar Shengelaia (Georgian: ელდარ შენგელაია; 26 January 1933 – 4 August 2025)[1] was a Georgian movie director and screenwriter. He directed ten movies between 1957 and 1996.[2] From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He was awarded the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia (1979) and of the Soviet Union (1988).

In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] In 1992 he was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

References

  1. Умер Народный артист СССР, кинорежиссер Эльдар Шенгелая (in Russian)
  2. Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 662–663. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  3. "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. "Berlinale: 1992 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.