About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1928-10-13
Place of birth:
Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR (Georgia)
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Lana Gogoberidze

Overview

Lana Gogoberidze (Georgian: ლანა ღოღობერიძე) (born October 13, 1928, Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director and politician. She is the daughter of Nutsa Gogoberidze, another famous female Georgian director.

Gogoberidze's father Levan Gogoberidze was murdered as a part of the Great Purge in 1937, while her mother was sent to a prison camp for twelve years. She was first sent to an orphanage and later taken up by her aunts. She also wanted to become a director, but the relevant education was not accessible to her because both her parents had been persecuted. She instead studied English and American literature, including the work of Walt Whitman, at Tbilisi State University. Following the death of Stalin, she could go on to study at the Department of Film-making of Moscow State University, from which she graduated in 1958. Gogoberidze headed the Director's Studio at the Rustaveli Theatre School, Tbilisi, in 1975.

In 1988, she became President of the International Association of Women Directors. She was elected to the Parliament of Georgia from 1992 to 1995. From 1996 to 2000, she was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In 2004, she served as Georgia's Ambassador to France.

Gogoberidze's fiction and documentary movies have won several international awards. Her film Day Is Longer Than Night was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, she was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. She also holds the State Award of the USSR, the State Award of the Georgian SSR, the People's Artist of the Republic of Georgia and the French Legion of Honour.

Gogoberidze was married beginning in 1958 to the architect Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili (died 1978). She has two daughters, with Salomé Alexi also becoming a director.

Known for

Acting
2023 Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete Actor Narrator (voice)/Self N/A
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1988 I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman Actor 59
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1979 VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession Actor N/A
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1952 მწვერვალთა დამპყრობნი Actor N/A
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Directing
2023 Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete Directing Director N/A
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2019 Golden Thread Directing Director N/A
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1992 The Waltz on the Petschora Directing Director 58
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1986 Full Circle Directing Director 58
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1983 A Day Longer Than Night Directing Director 58
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1981 A Letter to the Children Directing Director N/A
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1978 Some Interviews on Personal Matters Directing Director 58
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1975 The Little Incident Directing Director 58
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1973 When Almonds Blossomed Directing Director 58
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1968 Limits Directing Director 58
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1965 I See the Sun Directing Director 58
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1961 Under One Sky Directing Director 58
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Writing
2019 Golden Thread Writing Writer N/A
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1992 The Waltz on the Petschora Writing Writer 58
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1986 Full Circle Writing Writer 58
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1983 A Day Longer Than Night Writing Writer 58
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1978 Some Interviews on Personal Matters Writing Screenplay 58
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1975 The Little Incident Writing Writer 58
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1973 When Almonds Blossomed Writing Screenplay 58
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1965 I See the Sun Writing Screenplay 58
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1961 Under One Sky Writing Writer 58
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Editing
2023 Mother and Daughter, or the Night Is Never Complete Editing Editor N/A
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