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Georgiy Daneliya
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Soviet film director and screenwriter (1930–2019)
Georgiy Daneliya was a Soviet film director and screenwriter who created films from the 1930s until his death in 2019. He is notable as a significant figure in Soviet cinema whose work spanned much of the 20th century.
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Film & TV
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya (Russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия, Georgian: გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია Giorgi Nikolozis dze Danelia; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya (Georgian: გია დანელია), was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
Known for
- Георгий Данелия. Любовный марафон — Self2023
- Legends of Cinema — Self2016
- Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик — Self2015
- Галина Польских. Под маской счастья — Self2014
- Ku! Kin-dza-dza — (voice)2013
- Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later — эпизод2007
- Fortune — Zek2000
- Heads and Tails — fellow of the design Institute1995
- Nastya — работник культуры1994
- To Remember — Narrator1993
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1930-08-25 ) 25 August 1930, Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (aged 88), Moscow, Russia
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter
- Years active
- 1958–2019
- Notable work
- Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963) Afonya (1975) Mimino (1977) Autumn Marathon (1979) Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
- Title
- People's Artist of the USSR (1989)
- Spouse s
- Irina Ginsburg, Lyubov Sokolova , Galina Yurkova
- Awards
- State Prize of the Russian Federation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georgy
- Family name
- Daneliya
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Lyubov Sokolova
- Occupation
- filmmaker
- Languages spoken
- Georgian
- Native language
- Russian
- Notable work
- Gentlemen of Fortune
- Genre
- tragicomedy
- Image
- Danelia.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-08-25
- member of
- Russian Academy of Arts
- name in native language
- გიორგი დანელია
- Commons category
- Georgiy Daneliya
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-04-04
- cause of death
- heart failure
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Georgiy Daneliya
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Georgiy Nikolozis dze Daneliya (25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. 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.
Early life
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