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Otar Iosseliani

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Otar Iosseliani

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Also known as Otʻar Iosseliani, Otʻar Ioseliani, Otar Ioseliani

Georgian film director (1934-2023)

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Otar Iosseliani (1934–2023) was a Georgian filmmaker, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Born in Tbilisi, he began his professional work in 1958 and continued until 2015. He was educated at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Iosseliani held citizenship in the Soviet Union, France, and Georgia. He spoke Georgian and French and played the piano.

His notable works include *Farewell*, *Home Sweet Home*, *Favorites of the Moon*, *There Once was a Singing Blackbird*, and *And Then There Was Light*. He received several awards, including the Louis Delluc Prize, the European Film Academy Critics Award, and the title of People's artist of the Georgian SSR. He was also a Knight of the Legion of Honour. Iosseliani died in Tbilisi in 2023.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Addio terraferma

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Film & TV

Directing · Tbilisi, Georgia

Otar Ioseliani (February 2, 1934 - December 17, 2023) was a Georgian filmmaker.

Known for

  • Marco Melani - The Man With The Golden Eye : Scheggia dall'ultima versione — Self - filmmaker2026
  • Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky — Self2012
  • Gardens in Autumn — Arnaud2006
  • Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur — Himself2006
  • Monday Morning — Enzo di Martino2002
  • Otar Iosseliani tourne "Lundi Matin" — Self2002
  • Farewell, Home Sweet Home — Father1999
  • Son of Gascogne — Self1995
  • The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky — Self1988
  • Sept pièces pour cinéma noir et blanc1983

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
South Korea

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
2

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Global maps of soil temperature

    · 2022 · cited 287x

  2. Cooperative Object Transport in Multi-Robot Systems: A Review of the State-of-the-Art

    · 2018 · cited 207x

  3. Computational analysis of vortex dynamics and performance enhancement due to body–fin and fin–fin interactions in fish-like locomotion

    · 2017 · cited 183x

  4. Dose-dependent teratogenicity of valproate in mono- and polytherapy

    · 2015 · cited 155x

  5. Convergence of undulatory swimming kinematics across a diversity of fishes

    · 2021 · cited 127x

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Key facts

Born
( 1934-02-02 ) 2 February 1934, Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
17 December 2023 (2023-12-17) (aged 89), Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation
Film director
Years active
1958–2015

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Encyclopedic overview

Otar Iosseliani (Georgian: ოთარ იოსელიანი otar ioseliani; 2 February 1934 – 17 December 2023) was a Georgian film director, known for movies such as Falling Leaves, Pastorale and Favorites of the Moon. Iosseliani received a lifetime achievement honor – the CineMerit Award [de] at the Munich International Film Festival in 2011 for his career accomplishments.

Early life

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