Shota Managadze
Shota Managadze | |
|---|---|
შოთა მანაგაძე | |
 Shota Managadze | |
| Born | 19 March 1901 Kutaisi, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 June 1977 (aged 76) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Saburtalo Pantheon, Tbilisi |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1938–1976 |
Shota Ilias dze Managadze (Georgian: შოთა მანაგაძე; 19 March 1901 – 22 June 1977) was a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He worked at the Georgian Film Studio for several decades and was named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1966.[1]
Early life and education
Managadze was born on 19 March 1901 in Kutaisi.[2] He studied at Tbilisi State University and at a theatre studio in Tbilisi, and in 1938 graduated from the directing faculty of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow.[1][2]
Career
After working in the theatre as an actor and director during the 1920s and early 1930s, Managadze joined the Tbilisi film studio (now Gruziya-Film), where he spent the rest of his career as a director and screenwriter.[1][2]
His films include The Bridge (1942), Troublesome Neighbours (1945), Masters of Georgian Ballet (1955, with Vakhtang Chabukiani), The Lad from Sabudara (1957), Flower on the Snow (1959), Who Will Saddle the Horse? (1963), Khevsur Ballad (1965), and The Honest Eye (1976).[1][2] He co-directed Expectation (1970) and Tsutisopeli (1971) with his son, the director Nodar Managadze.[1]
Awards and honours
- People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1966)[3]
- Komsomol Prize of Georgia (1974)
- Order of the October Revolution (1976)
Personal life
Managadze's son, Nodar Managadze, was also a film director.[1] Shota Managadze died in Tbilisi on 22 June 1977 and was buried at the Saburtalo Pantheon.[2][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 მანაგაძე შოთა ილიას ძე [Managadze, Shota Ilias dze]. Georgian National Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 შოთა მანაგაძე [Shota Managadze]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР О присвоении почетных званий Грузинской ССР" (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Gruzinskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. No. 2. February 1966. p. 23.
- ↑ "შოთა მანაგაძე" (PDF). Komunisti (in Georgian). No. 148. 25 June 1977. p. 4.
Further reading
- Dolidze, G. (1983). "მანაგაძე შოთა ილიას ძე" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 6. Tbilisi. p. 401.
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- People's Artists of the Georgian SSR
- 1901 births
- 1977 deaths
- Burials at Saburtalo Pantheon
- People from Kutaisi
- Film directors from Georgia (country)
- Soviet film directors
- Screenwriters from Georgia (country)
- Soviet male screenwriters
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution