Nikoloz Shengelaia

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-08-08

Deathday 1943-01-04 (39 years old)

Place of Birth Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Also Known As Николай Шенгелая, Nikolay Shengelaya, ნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაია, Nikoloz Shengelaya

Nikoloz Shengelaia

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.