Revaz Gabriadze

Revaz Gabriadze
Gabriadze in 2010
Born(1936-06-29)29 June 1936
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died6 June 2021(2021-06-06) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, puppeteer

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.

  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. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 232–233. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  4. ^ Vronskaya (1972), p. 112
  5. ^ gabridze.com