Revaz Gabriadze

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Revaz "Rezo" Gabriadze (Georgian: რევაზ [რეზო] გაბრიაძე; 29 June 1936 – 6 June 2021)^[1][2] was a Georgian theatre and film director, playwright, writer, painter, and sculptor.^[3] His son, Levan Gabriadze, is also an actor and film director.

Gabriadze graduated from the Higher Scriptwriters' Courses in Moscow and worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Youth of Georgia.^[4] He began working as a screenwriter for director Georgiy Daneliya and co-wrote some of his most popular films, including Mimino and Kin-dza-dza!

Gabriadze also worked as a scenographer, painter, sculptor, and book illustrator. In 1981 he founded a puppet theatre in Kutaisi.^[5] He was awarded a USSR State Prize in 1989.

Works and activities

Gabriadze wrote over 35 screenplays, including such influential films as

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Bibliography

• Chito ГК-49-54 or a Doctor and a Patient, Publishing Sani, 2003
• The Eccentrics, 1983, Publishing Sani, 2002, Magti 2014
• Kutaisi is a City, Publishing Sani, 2002
• The White Bridge, Rezo Gabriadze, 1987

Literary prizes and awards

• Nika Award 1991 for the best screenplay Passport
• Laureate of Triumph Award 1997 Russia
• Laureate of Golden Mask, 1997 Russia
• Laureate of Golden Soffit Theatre Award, 1997 Russia
• Laureate of Shota Rustaveli State Prize of Georgia 1989
• Laureate of the USSR State Prize 1989
• Laureate of the State Prize of Georgia 1987
• Special award of Mar-Del-Plate 1970 (X) International Film Festival for the screenplay Don’t Grieve
• Diploma of South Caucasus and Ukrainian III 1969 Film Festival for the best screenplay Extraordinary Exhibition

Selected screenplays

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1990	Passport
1986	Kin-dza-dza!
1977	Mimino
1969	Don't Grieve

References

1. ^ Vronskaya, Jeanne, (1972) Young Soviet Film Makers. London: George Allen and Unwin; p. 112
2. ^ "რეზო გაბრიაძე გარდაიცვალა" (in Georgian). Interpressnews. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
3. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8
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4. ^ Vronskaya (1972), p. 112
5. ^ gabridze.com
6. ^ "Rezo Gabriadze: Legendary Georgian puppeteer dies at 84". BBC News. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

• Revaz Gabriadze at
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