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{{short description|Georgian film director and screenwriter (born 1973)}}
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|birth_name = Levan Koguashvili
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|birth_date = 18 November 1973
|birth_date = 18 November 1973
|birth_place = [[Mtskheta]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
|birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
|occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter,
|occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter,
|years_active = [[2006 in film|2006]] – present
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'''Levan Koguashvili''' ({{lang-ka|ლევან კოღუაშვილი}}; March 18, 1973) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He studied in [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography]] after graduating school.<ref>https://iffr.com/en/persons/levan-koguashvili</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vm.ru/news/2014/06/28/levan-koguashvili-mne-nravitsya-bit-gruzinom-i-zhit-v-tbilisi-255162.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214194210/http://www.vm.ru/news/2014/06/28/levan-koguashvili-mne-nravitsya-bit-gruzinom-i-zhit-v-tbilisi-255162.html |archive-date=2014-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Levan Koguashvili''' ({{lang-ka|ლევან კოღუაშვილი}}; March 18, 1973) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. He studied in [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography]] after graduating school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/levan-koguashvili|title=Levan Koguashvili &#124; IFFR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vm.ru/news/2014/06/28/levan-koguashvili-mne-nravitsya-bit-gruzinom-i-zhit-v-tbilisi-255162.html |title=Вечерняя Москва - Леван Когуашвили: «Мне нравится быть грузином и жить в Тбилиси» |access-date=2017-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214194210/http://www.vm.ru/news/2014/06/28/levan-koguashvili-mne-nravitsya-bit-gruzinom-i-zhit-v-tbilisi-255162.html |archive-date=2014-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
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He Graduated from the Tisch School of Art's Graduate Film Program in [[New York City]] in 2006 and he made several short films and documentaries. His 2006 short film, The Debt, was an Official Selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and his documentary, Women from Georgia, was selected for the Panorama section of the 2009 [[Sarajevo Film Festival]].
He Graduated from the Tisch School of Art's Graduate Film Program in [[New York City]] in 2006 and he made several short films and documentaries. His 2006 short film, The Debt, was an Official Selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and his documentary, Women from Georgia, was selected for the Panorama section of the 2009 [[Sarajevo Film Festival]].


Levan lived in [[New York City]] where he made several short films and documentaries. His first feature film was [[Street Days]], which was made in 2010. Film became successful and won several international prizes including Tiger Award at [[Rotterdam International Film Festival]]. Online magazine "Hollywood reporter" reviewed film as "Absurdity and despair, in equal measure, infuse the decaying urban landscape of the Tbilisi-set "Street Days.""
Levan lived in [[New York City]] where he made several short films and documentaries. His first feature film, ''[[Street Days]]'', which was made in 2010, won several international prizes including Tiger Award at [[Rotterdam International Film Festival]]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' observed that "Absurdity and despair, in equal measure, infuse the decaying urban landscape of the Tbilisi-set ''Street Days.''"<ref>{{cite web |author1=AP |title=Street Days — Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/street-days-film-review-29752/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=14 October 2010}}</ref>


Second feature "[[Blind Dates]]" was made in 2013 and won the Special Jury Award at the [[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] 2013 in "section New Horizons".
His second feature ''[[Blind Dates]]'', made in 2013, won the Special Jury Award at the [[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] 2013 in "section New Horizons".

His third feature, ''[[Brighton 4th]]'', in 2021, won the best picture award at the [[Asian World Film Festival]] in Los Angeles, and three awards each at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] and FilmFestival Cottbus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Levan Koguashvili's 'Brighton 4th' wins best picture at Asian World Film Festival |url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/3677 |access-date=1 December 2021 |work=Agenda.ge |date=21 November 2021}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
'''Short film'''
===Feature===
* ''[[Blind Dates]]'' (2013)
* ''The Debt '' (2006)
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* ''[[Street Days]]'' (2010)
* ''The Debt '' (2006), (short)


===Documentary===
'''Documentary film'''
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* ''[[Gogita's New Life]]'' (2016)
* ''Women from Georgia'' (2009)
* ''Women from Georgia'' (2009)
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* ''[[Gogita's New Life]]'' (2016)

'''Feature film'''
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* ''[[Street Days]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Blind Dates]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Brighton 4th]]'' (2021)


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Film directors from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Film directors from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:People from Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Film people from Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni]]
[[Category:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni]]


Latest revision as of 05:37, 15 October 2024

Levan Koguashvili
Born
Levan Koguashvili

18 November 1973
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, screenwriter,
Years active2006 – present
Notable workBlind Dates (2013),

Levan Koguashvili (Georgian: ლევან კოღუაშვილი; March 18, 1973) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He studied in Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography after graduating school.[1][2]

Biography

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Levan Koguashvili was born in 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He began his studies at the State Institute of Film and Theatre in Tbilisi, and then worked as a journalist for independent television after civil war broke out in Georgia. He studied Film Directing at the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow between 1994 and 1999.

He Graduated from the Tisch School of Art's Graduate Film Program in New York City in 2006 and he made several short films and documentaries. His 2006 short film, The Debt, was an Official Selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and his documentary, Women from Georgia, was selected for the Panorama section of the 2009 Sarajevo Film Festival.

Levan lived in New York City where he made several short films and documentaries. His first feature film, Street Days, which was made in 2010, won several international prizes including Tiger Award at Rotterdam International Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter observed that "Absurdity and despair, in equal measure, infuse the decaying urban landscape of the Tbilisi-set Street Days."[3]

His second feature Blind Dates, made in 2013, won the Special Jury Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2013 in "section New Horizons".

His third feature, Brighton 4th, in 2021, won the best picture award at the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, and three awards each at the Tribeca Film Festival and FilmFestival Cottbus.[4]

Filmography

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Short film

  • The Debt (2006)

Documentary film

Feature film

References

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  1. ^ "Levan Koguashvili | IFFR".
  2. ^ "Вечерняя Москва - Леван Когуашвили: «Мне нравится быть грузином и жить в Тбилиси»". Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  3. ^ AP (14 October 2010). "Street Days — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Levan Koguashvili's 'Brighton 4th' wins best picture at Asian World Film Festival". Agenda.ge. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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