Nana Janelidze

Nana Janelidze
ნანა ჯანელიძე
Janelidze at the Odesa International Film Festival, 2014
Born (1955-08-07) 7 August 1955 (age 69)
Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1978–present

Nana Janelidze (Georgian: ნანა ჯანელიძე, born 7 August 1955) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Janelidze was born on 7 August 1955 in Tbilisi. She studied at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University under Tengiz Abuladze, graduating in 1981.[1]

Janelidze worked with Tengiz Abuladze on the 1984 film Repentance as screenwriter and music designer. The film won the Grand Prix at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the Nika Award in six categories, including Best Screenplay.[1]

In 1994 she wrote and directed the film Iavnana, which won her the State Prize of Georgia and Jakob Gogebashvili pedagogical prize.[2]

In 2000 Janelidze and actress Nanuka Khuskivadze founded the film production studio N&N.[3] In 2008-2009 Janelidze managed a project in which N&N studios collaborated with the Association for Film Heritage Protection to restore the 1912 film Journey of Akaki Tsereteili to Racha-Lechkhumi, Georgia's first documentary film.[4]

In 2011 Janelidze directed and co-wrote the film Will There Be a Theatre Up There?!, starring Kakhi Kavsadze, based on the true life story of the Kavsadze family. The film won a Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States.[3]

In 2012 she began presenting a cinema program on Folk-Radio. From 2013 to 2016 she was the director of the Georgian National Film Centre.[2]

In 2019 a teaser was released of a biographical film on the life of Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka, directed by Janelidze, in a co-production between Georgia and Ukraine.[5]

Filmography

Year English name Original title Director Screenwriter Notes Ref.
1978 Big Boy and Little Boy Didi bichi da patara bichi Yes Yes short film [2]
1984 Repentance Monanieba No Yes[a] also music designer
1985 Family Ojakhi Yes Yes short TV film
1988 Holiday Dghesastsauli No No as an actor
1994 Lullaby Iavnana Yes Yes
2002 Tengiz Abuladze Tengiz Abuladze Yes Yes documentary
2003 Dreams of the Dry Bridge Mshrali khidis sizmrebi Yes Yes also producer
2005 Christmas Present Sashobao sachukari Yes Yes short film
2010 Knights of Georgian Chant Galobis Raindebi Yes No docudrama
2011 Will There Be a Theatre Up There?! Netavi ik Teatri aris?! Yes Yes also producer

Bibliography

  • Tengiz Abuladze – Reflections[3]
  • Rezo Chkheidze – On the High Road of Film[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Co-writer with Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Kveselava.

References

  1. ^ a b "Will there be a theatre up there?!". Tbilisi Film Festival. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Nana Janelidze". Georgian National Film Centre. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Janelidze, Nana". Golden Apricot International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Film Heritage: Journey of Akaki Tsereteili to Racha-Lechkhumi in 1912 – manager of the project Nana Janelidze, film director". Georgian National Film Centre. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  5. ^ Kabatsiy, Maria (25 February 2019). "On her birthday, the first teaser of a biopic about Lesya Ukrainka has been published". style.nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.