Shota Laperadze

Shota Laperadze
Born	(1929-02-28)28 February 1929
Died	11 March 1995(1995-03-11) (aged 66)
Burial place	Saburtalo Cemetery
Education	Tbilisi State University
Years active	1959–1995
Organization	Georgian Film Studio
Parents	Grigol Laperadze (father) Tatiana Nishnianidze (mother)

Shota Laperadze (28 February 1929 – 11 March 1995) was a Georgian film producer who produced twenty films between 1959 and 1995. From 1959 to 1991 he worked as a film producer at Georgian Film Studio. From 1991 to 1995, Laperadze was a head of the film unions - “Aisi” and “Caucasus.” He was a member of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia from 1978 until his death. ^{[citation needed]}

In 1974 Laperadze received an award as a best film producer for the film Mze Shemodgomisa (Autumn Sun).^{[citation needed]} Laperadze often worked with Georgian film director Rezo Chkheidze; together they made eight films, including Father of a Soldier (1964), which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival and The Saplings (1972) that was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.

Laperadze also worked with other film directors such as Otar Iosseliani, Georgiy Shengelaya and Temur Babluani. In 1975 Laperadze produced Otar Iosseliani`s film Pastorale, the film received an award on Berlin International Film Festival in 1982.

Filmography

• Seashore Path (1962)
• Father of a Soldier (1964)
• Matsi Khvitia (1966)
• Look at These Young People (1969)
• Peola (1970)
• The Star of My City (1970)
• The Saplings (1972)
• Autumn Sun (1973)
• Flowering Acacia (1974)
• Errantry (1975)
• Pastorale (1975)
• The Wager (1975)
• Bakula's Pigs (1976)
• Return (1977)
• My Friend, Uncle Vania (1978)
• Earth, This Is Your Son (1980)
• Brother (1981)
• The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho (1989) (TV Mini-Series)
• The Fallen Angel (1992)

References

External links

• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487446/
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