About

Known credits:
37
Birthday:
1894-01-25
Place of birth:
Tiflis, Russian Empire
Website:
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Mikheil Chiaureli

Overview

Soviet, Georgian film actor, theater, film, animation director, animator, screenwriter, sculptor, teacher; People's Artist of the USSR (1948). Winner of five Stalin Prizes (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950). In 1909 he graduated from the Tiflis vocational school. In 1912 he graduated from the Tiflis School of Painting and Sculpture (now the Tbilisi Academy of Arts), a student of Yakov Nikoladze. Since 1915 he worked in the theaters of Tiflis, Kutaisi and Batumi as an actor, director and artist. In 1917, under the guidance of the historian Ekvtime Takaishvili, together with the futurist poet Ilya Zdanevich, the artists Lado Gudiashvili and Dimitri Shevardnadze, he was on an expedition to the southern regions of Georgia (Turkey). Archaeological activities were held in the churches of Ishkhan, Oshki and Khakhuli. In 1921, he participated in the organization of the Theater of Revolutionary Satire at the Georgian branch of ROSTA. From 1922 to 1924 he lived in Germany, where he worked in sculpture workshops, after which from 1924 to 1926 he worked as a sculptor in Tiflis (the author of the first sculpture of V. Lenin in Georgia). From 1926 to 1928 - actor and director of the "Workers' Theatre", "Red Theater" under Proletkult. From 1926 to 1941, he was the director and artistic director of the Georgian Theater of Musical Comedy named after V. Abashidze, organized by him in 1934 together with David Dzneladze on the basis of the mobile musical and drama theater "Kopteatr", which existed since 1926. Since 1928, he was the director of the trust JSC Goskinoprom of Georgia (since 1938 - the Tbilisi Film Studio, now - Georgia-Film), since 1940 - the artistic director of this studio. In 1946-1955 he was the director of the Mosfilm film studio, in 1955-1957 - the Sverdlovsk film studio. He taught at the film acting school at the Tbilisi Film Studio, in 1950-1960 - a teacher at VGIK (Moscow) (since 1951 - professor). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1-3 convocations (1937-1954). He died on October 31, 1974 at the age of 81 in Tbilisi. He was buried in the Pantheon of Georgian Cultural Figures on Mount Mtatsminda.

Known for

Acting
1940 Our Cinema Actor (archive footage) 59
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1926 Khanuma Actor Dito 58
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1926 Natela Actor Djondo, friend of Utu 58
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1922 The Suram Fortress Actor Osman, rich merchant 58
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1921 The Murder of General Gryaznov Actor Arsena Jorjiashvili 58
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Directing
1971 The Flea and the Ant Directing Director N/A
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1969 How Mice Buried a Cat Directing Director N/A
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1965 You Can't See What You Have Seen Directing Director 58
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1963 General and Daisies Directing Director N/A
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1960 Story of Young Girl Directing Director 58
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1957 Otar's Widow Directing Director 58
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1953 Velikoye proshchaniye Directing Director 59
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1951 The Unforgettable Year 1919 Directing Director 59
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1950 The Fall of Berlin Directing Director 58
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1946 The Vow Directing Director 58
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1942 George Saakadze Directing Director 58
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1938 The Great Dawn Directing Director 58
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1938 Друг Directing Director N/A
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1937 Arsena Directing Director 58
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1934 The Last Masquerade Directing Director 58
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1931 Out of the Way! Directing Director N/A
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1929 Saba Directing Director 58
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1929 At the Last Hour Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1971 The Flea and the Ant Writing Writer N/A
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1969 How Mice Buried a Cat Writing Writer N/A
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1965 You Can't See What You Have Seen Writing Screenplay 58
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1963 General and Daisies Writing Writer N/A
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1960 Story of Young Girl Writing Writer 58
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1951 The Unforgettable Year 1919 Writing Screenplay 59
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1950 The Fall of Berlin Writing Screenplay 58
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1946 The Vow Writing Screenplay 58
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1937 Arsena Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 The Last Masquerade Writing Screenplay 58
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1931 Out of the Way! Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1948 Keto and Kote Production Production Director 58
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Art
1944 When Goebbels Is Not Lying Art Creative Director N/A
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1926 Samanishvili's Stepmother Art Production Design 58
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