17 Notable alumni of
Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University
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Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University is 1137th in the world, 243rd in Asia, and 2nd in Georgia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Merab Ninidze
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- film actorstage actor
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Merab Ninidze is a Georgian actor. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for the roles of Walter Redlich in Nowhere in Africa and Oleg Penkovsky in The Courier.
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Kakhi Kavsadze
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- actor
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Kakhi Kavsadze was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor.
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Nino Haratischwili
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- playwrightwritertheatrical directordirector
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Nino Haratischwili is a Georgian-born German novelist, playwright, and theater director. She has received numerous awards, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis, and the Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft.
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Kote Makharadze
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- drama teacherpunditactortelevision presenter
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Kote Makharadze (Georgian: კოტე მახარაძე; 17 November 1926 – 19 December 2002) was a Soviet and Georgian actor and sports commentator.
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Goderdzi Chokheli
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- film directorwriterscreenwriter
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Goderdzi Chokheli was a Georgian novelist, scriptwriter, and film director.
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Otar Megvinetukhutsesi
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- actor
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Otar Megvinetukhutsesi was a Georgian film and theatre actor. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1964), People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1973), People's Artist of the USSR (1979), Commander of the Order of Honour (2000). Winner of the Tokyo International Film Festival (1991) and the Georgian State Prize (1981, 2001). He graduated from the Shota Rustaveli Theater Institute in 1954. He played more than 35 roles during his career including a memorable role in the 1978 film Data Tutashkhia. Megvinetukhutsesi was married to the Georgian actress Guranda Gabunia (1938–2019). He died at the age of 81 in Tbilisi in 2013. He was buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. The monument of the Otar Megvinetukhutsesi was opened in the "April 9 Square" in Tbilisi, in 2015.
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Ramaz Chkhikvadze
- Enrolled in Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University
- Studied in 1951
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- actor
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Ramaz Chkhikvadze was a Georgian film and theater actor. First appearing in the 1954 film The Dragonfly (Chrichina), he starred in over 60 films during his career. He won the award for Best Actor at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in The Saplings.
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Robert Sturua
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- theatrical occupationfilm directortheatre troupetheatre managertheatrical director
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Robert Sturua is a Georgian theater director, who gained international acclaim for his original interpretation of the works of Brecht, Shakespeare, and Chekhov. He was based at the Shota Rustaveli Dramatic Theater in Tbilisi, and has staged productions throughout the world.
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Gogi Kavtaradze
- Enrolled in Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University
- Studied in 1967
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Georgy Georgyevich Kavtaradze was a Georgian actor and filmmaker. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His career began in 1957. He was known for his roles as Luka in Don't Grieve (1969), the Commissioner in Melodies of Vera Quarter (1974) and as the Educator in Wounded Game (1977).
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Erosi Manjgaladze
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- actorpundit
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Erosi Manjgaladze was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actor who played lead roles in some of the most popular Soviet films, such as The Wishing Tree, Melodies of Vera Quarter, Londre, Kvevri and A Necklace for My Beloved. Manjgaladze was also a popular sport commentator of football matches. For his contribution to the Soviet cinematography and performing arts Manjgaladze received the title of People's Artist of the Georgian SSR.
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Lasha Bugadze
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- playwrightwriter
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Lasha Bugadze is a Georgian novelist and playwright. Among his noteworthy plays are Shocked Tatyana, which satirizes war heroism, and Soldier, Love, Bodyguard and... the President.
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Dito Tsintsadze
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- film directorcomposerscreenwriteractor
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Dito Tsintsadze is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film Lost Killers was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Starting from the year 1996 he lives and works in Berlin.
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Avtandil Varsimashvili
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- manufacturerfilm directortheatrical directorscreenwriter
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Avtandil Varsimashvili is a Georgian theatre and film director. He is the artistic director of A. Griboedov State Academic Theatre and owner of Liberty Theatre Georgia and the director and producer of his private film company "Vars-Studio".
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Nana Janelidze
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Nana Janelidze is a Georgian film director and screenwriter.
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Andro Enukidze
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- theatrical directordramaturge
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Andro Enukidze is a Georgian theater director.
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Beka Kurkhuli
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- literary scholarwriter
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Beka Kurkhuli - (born 6 October 1974) is a modern Georgian writer and military reporter.
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Manana Anasashvili
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- film directortheatrical directorscreenwriterart studies
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Manana Anasashvili is a Georgian film director, Theatre Director, Professor, Expert of National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Head of Georgian Shakespeare Association, and Head of International Relations at Georgian Film Academy.
