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Eldar Shengelaya
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Soviet and Georgian film director, screenwriter (1933–2025)
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Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Georgian SSR, ZSFSR, USSR
Eldar Shengelaia is a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1957 and 1996. From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He has been awarded the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia and of the Soviet Union.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Georgia (country)
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi
- Place of death
- Tbilisi
- Spouse
- Ariadna Shengelaya
- Father
- Nikoloz Shengelaya
- Mother
- Nato Vachnadze
- Sibling
- Giorgi Shengelaia
- Occupation
- filmmaker
- Educated at
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Employer
- Georgian Film Studio
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- Blue Mountains
- Field of work
- political activity
- Image
- Eldar Shengelaya 2004.jpg
- Work location
- Soviet Union
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- name in native language
- ელდარ შენგელაია
- birth name
- ელდარ შენგელაია
- date of birth
- 1933-01-26
- Commons category
- Eldar Shengelaya
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Eldar Shengelaia
- P10632
- Eldar Shengelaya
- date of death
- 2025-08-04
- place of burial
- Didube Pantheon
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