Giorgi Asatiani

Giorgi Asatiani
გიორგი ასათიანი
Born(1914-06-10)10 June 1914
Borzya, Russian Empire
Died17 November 1977(1977-11-17) (aged 63)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place
Saburtalo Pantheon, Tbilisi
OccupationsDocumentary film director, cinematographer
Years active1937–1977

Giorgi Iraklis dze Asatiani (Georgian: გიორგი ასათიანი; 10 June 1914 – 17 November 1977) was a Georgian documentary film director and cinematographer. Known especially for his travel and expedition documentaries, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1967.[1][2]

Early life and career

Asatiani was born on 10 June 1914 in Borzya, in the Transbaikal region of the Russian Empire.[1] In 1936 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Cinema Engineers and from 1937 worked in film.[1]

During the Second World War he served as a front-line cameraman from 1943, and his footage was used in wartime documentaries such as The Capture of Novorossiysk (1943).[1] After the war he worked as a documentary correspondent and director at the Georgian Film Studio, and from 1965 to 1977 was artistic director of the Georgian studio of documentary and popular-science films.[1]

Asatiani directed many travel documentaries, among them Journey to Nepal (1959), Country of Ancient Culture (1963), In the Land of the Incas (1968) and At the Sources of the Nile (1972); for Country of Ancient Culture he received the Lomonosov Prize in 1964.[1]

Awards and honours

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Death

Asatiani died on 17 November 1977 and was buried at the Saburtalo Pantheon in Tbilisi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 გიორგი ასათიანი [Giorgi Asatiani]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Gventsadze, A. (1997). "Asatiani, Giorgi". Georgia: Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Tbilisi. pp. 223–224 (in Georgian).
  3. ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР О присвоении почетного звания народного артиста Грузинской ССР Асатиани Г. И." (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Gruzinskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. No. 8. 20 March 1961. p. 263.

Further reading

  • Gventsadze, A. (1997). "Asatiani, Giorgi". Georgia: Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Tbilisi. pp. 223–224 (in Georgian).
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