Levan "Leo" Gabriadze ( ka, ლევან რევაზის ძე გაბრიაძე, ''Levan Revazis dze Gabriadze''; , ''Levan Revazovich Gabriadze''; born 16 November 1969) is a Georgian-Russian actor and film director. He is best known for directing the 2014 horror film ''

Unfriended ''Unfriended'' (originally titled ''Cybernatural'') is a 2014 American screenlife supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Set on a computer screen, the film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, ...

''.

Biography

Gabriadze was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

, then part of the Soviet Georgia. His father, Revaz Gabriadze, was an actor, writer and director. By age 12, Leo was already working in his father's productions. At age 17, he was invited to star in one of the main roles of the film ''

Kin-dza-dza! ''Kin-dza-dza!'' (, ) is a 1986 Soviet film released by the Mosfilm studio and directed by Georgiy Daneliya, with a story by Georgiy Daneliya and Revaz Gabriadze. It is a dystopian science-fiction comedy, in which two men from the Soviet Union a ...

''. He graduated from the workshop of

Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University Shota Rustaveli Theater and Georgia State Film University (TAFU) is one of the oldest universities in the Caucasus and Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a sta ...

, specialized in acting and set design. He served in the

Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...

, Air Defense Forces with the rank of private, serving as a fireman. In 1990, he entered the University of California (

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

) (Los Angeles) in the Faculty of Design and Animation. In 2000, he moved to Moscow, where he became the advertising director of the film company Bazelevs. In 2010, he made his first feature film ''

Lucky Trouble ''Lucky Trouble'' () is a 2011 Russian comedy film, directed by Levan Gabriadze in his directorial debut. The film premiered on February 17, 2011, and grossed 12.86 million dollars by May 1, 2011. Plot Vyacheslav "Slava" Kolotilov (Konstantin Kh ...

'' which won the audience award "Golden Taiga" in the festival "Spirit of Fire" in

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk (, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a city in west-central Russia. Technically, it is situated on the eastern bank of the Irtysh River, from its confluence with the Ob, in the oil-ri ...

in February 2011. In 2014, he directed the horror film ''

''. In 2017, he finished working on an animated film based on the stories of his father Rezo Gabriadze, titled ''Rezo''. The film was released in May 2018.

Filmography

As actor

*'' Zneli dasatskisi'' (1990, as Actor) *''

'' (1986, as Gedevan Alexandrovich Alexidze - 'Fiddler') *''

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'' (1990)

As director

*''

'' (''Vykrutasy'', 2011) *''

Yolki 2 ''Yolki 2'' (, meaning ''Christmas Trees 2''), is 2011 Russian New Year comedy film directed by Dmitry Kiselyov and written by Timur Bekmambetov. The main roles are played by Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Alexey Petrenko and Timur Ortsuev. The ...

'' (2011, segment director, as Leo Gabriadze) *''

Yolki 3 ''Yolki 3'' (, meaning ''Christmas Trees 3''), Russian New Year comedy film. It is a continuation of the films Yolki (2010) and Yolki 2 (2011). The premiere took place on 26 December 2013.The release on DVD and Blu-ray took place on 27 January ...

'' (2013, segment director, as Leo Gabriadze) *''

'' (2014) * ''Rezo'' (2017)

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