Giorgi Ovashvili

Giorgi Ovashvili

George Ovashvili, 2015
Born George Ovashvili
14 November 1963
Mtskheta, Georgia
Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor
Years active 1997 – present
Notable work Gagma napiri (2009), "The Other Bank"

George Ovashvili (Georgian: გიორგი ოვაშვილი; 14 November 1963) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

George Ovashvili was born in Mtskheta, Georgia. He studied at the Polytechnical Institute (1981—1986).

Ovashvili is a graduate of the Georgian State Institute of Cinema and Theatre[1] (1996), and the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Holywood (2006). A stage actor at the State Theatre, he also directed plays for children and ran an advertising agency.

The writer of a television program entitled Georgian Bulletin for a broadcaster in New York. His short film, Zgvis DonidanEye Level (2005) received numerous awards. He has directed a number of poignantly elegant shorts, most notably — Eye Level (New York Film Academy Scholarship Award at Berlinale 2005, Special Prize of International Jury at Odense FF) and The Trolley (Special Prize of international jury at Kiev "Molodist" FF).

The other bank is his big-screen directorial debut and has received several awards.[2]

Filmography

In Development

Screenwriter

Producer

Director

Cinematographer

Self - TV

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