Georgiy Daneliya | |
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![]() Georgiy Daneliya (2010) | |
Born | |
Died | 4 April 2019 | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1958–2019 |
Notable work |
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Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1989) |
Spouse(s) | Irina Ginsburg Lyubov Sokolova Galina Yurkova |
Awards | State Prize of the Russian Federation |
Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya (Georgian: გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; Russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya (Georgian: გია დანელია), was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter of Georgian origin.[1] He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989 and a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1997.[2]