Levan Koguashvili
Levan Koguashvili | |
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| Born | Levan Koguashvili 18 November 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Notable work | Blind 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
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 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.""
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".
Filmography
Feature
- Blind Dates (2013)
- Street Days (2010)
- The Debt (2006), (short)
Documentary
- Gogita's New Life (2016)
- Women from Georgia (2009)
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