Nana Jorjadze ( ka, ნანა ჯორჯაძე; born 24 August 1948) is an

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nominated film director, scriptwriter and actress. Jorjadze was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

, and graduated first from a local musical school (1966), and then from the architectural department at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts (1972). Having worked as an architect in the years 1968 to 1974, she enrolled in the Tbilisi State Theatre Institute which she completed in 1980. She debuted as an actress with the film ''Some Interviews on Personal Matters'' in 1977; and as a director with ''A Journey to Sopot'' in 1979. Her 1987 work '' Robinsonada or My English Grandfather'' was a breakthrough that won her the

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at the

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, and both critical and popular acclaim. She moved to France early in the 1990s and directed several films including ''

A Chef in Love ''A Chef in Love'', ( Georgian: შეყვარებული კულინარის 1001 რეცეპტი / ''Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti'', literally, "1001 recipes of a chef in love") is a 1996 Georgian film directed ...

'' (1996) which became the first, and so far the only, Georgian film to be nominated for the

. She is married to fellow Georgian writer and director Irakli Kvirikadze, who previously went by the name Irakli Mikhailovich Kvirikadze.

Filmography

; As director * ''Mogzauroba Sopotshi'' (1979) * ''Atlant'' (1979) * ''Momekhmaret ialbuzze asvlashi (TV Movie) '' (1981) * ''Erosi'' (1984) * '' Robinsonada or My English Grandfather'' (1987) * ''Encounters'' (1993) * ''Château de la napoule'' (1993) * ''About Georgia'' (1993) * ''

'' (1996) as Nana Djordjadze * ''

27 Missing Kisses ''27 Missing Kisses'' ( ka, 27 დაკარგული კოცნა, ), also known as ''Summer''. is a 2000 Cinema of Georgia, Georgian film Film director, directed by Nana Djordjadze that contains elements of fantasy or Magic realism, magi ...

'' (2000) as Nana Djordjadze * ''Tolko ty... (TV Mini-Series)'' (2004) * '' The Rainbowmaker'' (2008) * ''Moskva, ya lyublyu tebya! '' (2010) * ''My Mermaid, My Lorelei'' (2013) * ''Prime Meridian of Wine Géorgie'' (2016) (Documentary) ; As writer * ''Mogzauroba Sopotshi'' (1979) * ''Atlant'' (1979) * ''Momekhmaret ialbuzze asvlashi (TV Movie) '' (1981) * ''Erosi'' (1984) * ''Encounters'' (1993) * ''Château de la napoule'' (1993) * ''About Georgia'' (1993) * ''A Chef in Love'' (1996) as Nana Djordjadze * ''27 dakarguli kotsna'' (2000) as Nana Djordjadze ; As costume designer * ''Atlant'' (1979) * ''Mogzauroba Sopotshi'' (1979) ; As set designer * ''Mogzauroba Sopotshi'' (1979)

References

Notes

*Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2007)
Jorjadze, Nana
Dictionary of Georgian National Dictionary. Retrieved on December 9, 2007.

External links

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