Mikheil Chiaureli
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
DirectingBirthday
January 25, 1894Deathday
October 31, 1974Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
25Place of birth
Tiflis, Russian EmpireAlso known as
Михаил Чиаурели, Mikhail Chiaureli, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/mtnsOcx3iZakvB9IGfjoA80tDnH.jpg)
Cast credits
Crew credits
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General and Daisies
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6YsM6iEPNql6mVykeHkf3U28tgV.jpg)
Samanishvili's Stepmother
Production Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/v0TgLNyJSj982DkzxvZPgDmbEYL.jpg)
Keto and Kote
Production Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sj5fwKaBWXODrqbxRt8XlAWQQJb.jpg)
The Last Masquerade
Screenplay, Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eZOsCJT3fsvWl0DdFY24alLBRf7.jpg)
Arsena
Screenplay, Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2PVxpIG6eH2qOX4clZVnFs34UiA.jpg)
The Vow
Screenplay, Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5OdQHObUSvbJ0pOGPJ34P6F89lU.jpg)
The Fall of Berlin
Screenplay, Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bYHGjtnNlx1a70DXywBAopJFiZb.jpg)
The Unforgettable Year 1919
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/Arkl1OLIrZtcJ1GSG8SJd1oIgUq.jpg)
You Can't See What You Have Seen
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qqjCjSUxU19T89jquv5R7AMwQXQ.jpg)
Out of the Way!
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dM0GKymFiQUtYKQIrySoUJiPDUv.jpg)
The Great Dawn
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dB8fz5QmktNDfgguAMF82sXwlwa.jpg)
George Saakadze
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4f31Mn8IuHa7KiuH4ywuF1cgcnK.jpg)
Velikoye proshchaniye
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3Pprc0AVgCboeSJnwBsv7iGNXBl.jpg)
Otar's Widow
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gGMKfZAX2duavHV40hpV4DW9CZd.jpg)
Story of Young Girl
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fwFR1p8jKQspiHEMreTUgHhRX7K.jpg)
How Mice Buried a Cat
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mUIvAbTIKHdwsUbcYzJAEj46Qjj.jpg)
The Great Glow
Director, Script![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/d2kwmnjVVbXEC4P8ljm1rsqbbgb.jpg)
The Flea and the Ant
Director, Writer