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Mikheil Kobakhidze

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Mikheil Kobakhidze
მიხეილ კობახიძე
Born(1939-04-05)April 5, 1939
Tbilisi, Georgia
DiedOctober 13, 2019(2019-10-13) (aged 80)
NationalityGeorgian
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director, actor, composer
SpouseNatela Machavariani
ChildrenGega Kobakhidze

Mikheil Kobakhidze (Georgian: მიხეილ კობახიძე; 5 April 1939 – 13 October 2019)[1] was a Georgian screenwriter, film director, actor and composer. He was born in Tbilisi. A Retrospective of his work was held at the 1996 Venice Film Festival.[2]

Career

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Mikheil Kobakhidze graduated from VGIK in 1965, As a student, he created the short films "Young Love" and "Carousel". His 1964 graduation film "Wedding" won three prizes at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, including the festival's main prize. However, his original graduation film, "Eight and a Half", was considered anti-Soviet and destroyed by censors.

In 1966 Kobakhidze made the film "Umbrella", which won the main prize in 1967 at the Kraków Film Festival. Themes in Kobakhidze's work such as nonconformism, rebellion, disobedience, and individualism[3] ran against Soviet ideology, causing the filmmaker to run into censorship problems. Kobakhidze spent some time living and working in France. A retrospective of the director's films was organized at the Venice Film Festival in 1996.

Personal life

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Mikheil Kobakhidze was married to actress and politician Natela Machavariani. Their son was actor Gega Kobakhidze, who, along with his wife Tina Petviashvili and five other Georgians, attempted to hijack a plane to escape from the Soviet Union in 1983.

Filmography

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Year Name Director Screenwriter Composer Actor
1961 Young Love Yes No No Yes
1962 Carousel Yes No No Yes
1964 Wedding Yes Yes Yes No
1967 Umbrella Yes Yes Yes No
1969 Musicians Yes Yes Yes Yes
1977 Racing No Yes No No
1977 The Price of Life No No No Yes
1977 Anemia No No No Yes
1978 Several Interviews on Personal Issues No No No Yes
1987 Monday No Yes No No
1997 Lilac No No No Yes
2002 Sur le chemin Yes No No No
2003 On The Way Yes No No No
2004 Les joues rouges No No No Yes
2005 Holy Fox No Yes No No

References

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  1. ^ გარდაიცვალა რეჟისორი მიხეილ კობახიძე (in Georgian)
  2. ^ "Film Festival 2010". britishgeorgiansociety.org. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "მიხეილ კობახიძე (1939-2019)". www.nplg.gov.ge. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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