Nikoloz Shengelaia
Writing1903Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Biography
Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia.
Acting History
1941
In The Black Mountains
Director
1940
1933
26 Commissioners
Director
26 Commissioners
Screenplay
1931
Golden Mountains
as One from Baku
1929
Eliso
Director
1926
Samanishvili's Stepmother
Screenplay
1924
Before The Storm
Assistant Director