Director

Giorgi Ovashvili

Directing

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Directed credits

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TMDB popularity

2.4

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 472112

IMDb ID: nm0653768

Known for: Directing

Born: November 14, 1963

Age: 62

Place of birth: Mtskheta, Georgia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2025

Years active: 17

Average TMDB rating: 6.55

Wikidata: Q5543070

Also known as

გიორგი ოვაშვილი • George Ovashvili • Георгий Овашвили • Գիորգի Օվաշվիլի

Frequent jobs

Director (5)Casting Consultant (1)

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Biography

Giorgi Ovashvili is a Georgian film director and screenwriter, known for his 2014 film Corn Island. Giorgi Ovashvili is a graduate of the film department of the Georgian State University of Cinema and Theatre (1996) and the filmmaking department of the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Hollywood (2006). Ovashvili made his debut as director with two short films, "Wagonnet" (1997) and "Eye Level" (2005). His first feature film, The Other Bank, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival's Generation section in 2009 and won over 50 international prizes, and was nominated at European Film Awards in the category "European Discovery". His second feature, Corn Island, won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as well as the Grand Prix "Golden Vine" award at Kinoshock in 2014, and in 2015 took a top prize at the Trieste Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy's best foreign-language film in 2015.

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