Nikoloz Shengelaia

Nikoloz Shengelaia

Known for

Writing

Born

August 8, 1903

Birthplace

Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Died

January 4, 1943 (aged 39)

Biography

Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia.

Best known work

Eliso
Eliso
1929
Giuli
Giuli
1927
Samanishvili's Stepmother
Samanishvili's Stepmother
1926
26 Commissioners
26 Commissioners
1933
Golden Mountains
Golden Mountains
1931
Before The Storm
Before The Storm
1924
Our Cinema
Our Cinema
1940
The Orange Valley
The Orange Valley
1937
Wasting
Wasting
1928
He Will Come Back Again
He Will Come Back Again
1943

Filmography

  1. 2015

    nato vachnadze

    as self

  2. 2010

  3. 1943

  4. 1941

  5. 1940

  6. 1940

    Homeland

    Director, Writer

  7. 1937

    The Orange Valley

    Director, Writer

  8. 1933

    26 Commissioners

    Director, Screenplay

  9. 1931

    Golden Mountains

    as One from Baku

  10. 1929

    Eliso

    Director

  11. 1928

    Wasting

    Writer

  12. 1927

    Giuli

    Screenplay, Director

  13. 1926

  14. 1924

    Before The Storm

    Assistant Director

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