Revaz "Rezo" Gabriadze ( ka, რევაზ ��ეზოგაბრიაძე; 29 June 1936 – 6 June 2021) was a

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theatre and film director, playwright, writer, painter, and sculptor. His son, Levan Gabriadze, is also an actor and film director. Gabriadze graduated from the Higher Scriptwriters' Courses in Moscow and worked as a correspondent for the newspaper ''Youth of Georgia''. He began working as a screenwriter for director Georgiy Daneliya and co-wrote some of his most popular films, including ''

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'' and ''

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'' Gabriadze also worked as a

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, painter, sculptor, and book illustrator. In 1981 he founded a puppet theatre in Kutaisi. He was awarded a

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in 1989.

Works and activities

Gabriadze wrote over 35 screenplays, including such influential films as '' Don't Grieve'', ''

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. At some point he was frustrated with lack of intellectual freedom in the Soviet Union, turned to

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theatre as an overlooked way to tell his dramatic stories and in 1981 founded and till his death headed the Marionette Theatre based in Tbilisi. From the very first performance the audience gave its heart to the theatre. His productions ''Alfred and Violete'', ''The Autumn of our Springtime'', ''Ramona'' and ''The Battle of Stalingrad'' brought the theatre recognition of international audiences and critics alike. Since the 1990s, Gabriadze started to work abroad, where he staged numerous productions. The theatre company has been touring around the world extensively including,

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Festival; The

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Festival;

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Festival, Spain;

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World Stage Festival; Theatre de la Ville, Paris; Barbican Center, London, etc. As a painter, he contributed to numerous exhibitions and his works are preserved in museums and private collections. Over 50 books are illustrated with Gabriadze’s graphic works. He counts among his many international awards Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of the

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Bibliography

*Chito ГК-49-54 or a Doctor and a Patient, Publishing Sani, 2003 *The Eccentrics, 1983, Publishing Sani, 2002, Magti 2014 *Kutaisi is a City, Publishing Sani, 2002 *

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, Rezo Gabriadze, 1987

Literary prizes and awards

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1991 for the best screenplay Passport *Laureate of Triumph Award 1997 Russia *Laureate of Golden Mask, 1997 Russia *Laureate of Golden Soffit Theatre Award, 1997 Russia *Laureate of Shota Rustaveli State Prize of Georgia 1989 *Laureate of the

1989 *Laureate of the

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1987 *Special award of Mar-Del-Plate 1970 (X) International Film Festival for the screenplay Don’t Grieve *Diploma of South Caucasus and Ukrainian III 1969 Film Festival for the best screenplay Extraordinary Exhibition

Selected screenplays

References

External links

* 1936 births 2021 deaths People from Kutaisi Puppeteers Screenwriters from Georgia (country) Film directors from Georgia (country) Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Recipients of the USSR State Prize Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon {{Georgia-bio-stub