Mikheil Chiaureli

Mikheil Chiaureli
Born(1894-02-06)6 February 1894
Died31 October 1974(1974-10-31) (aged 80)
Resting placeMtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi
Occupation(s)Film director, Screenwriter
Notable workThe Fall of Berlin (1949)
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1948)
SpouseVeriko Anjaparidze
ChildrenSofiko Chiaureli
AwardsStalin Prize (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950)

Mikheil Chiaureli (Georgian: მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, Russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin Prize five times in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, and 1950.[1]

  1. ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. pp. 1967–1968. ISBN 978-1838718497.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)