Revaz Gabriadze

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Revaz Gabriadze
Gabriadze in 2010
Born	(1936-06-29)29 June 1936 Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	6 June 2021(2021-06-06) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, puppeteer

Revaz "Rezo" Gabriadze (Georgian: რევაზ [რეზო] გაბრიაძე; 29 June 1936 – 6 June 2021)^[1][2] was a Georgian theatre and film director, playwright, writer, painter, and sculptor.^[3] His son, Levan Gabriadze, is also an actor and film director.

Gabriadze graduated from the Higher Scriptwriters' Courses in Moscow and worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Youth of Georgia.^[4] He began working as a screenwriter for director Georgiy Daneliya and co-wrote some of his most popular films, including Mimino and Kin-dza-dza!

Gabriadze also worked as a scenographer, painter, sculptor, and book illustrator. In 1981 he founded a puppet theatre in Kutaisi.^[5] He was awarded a USSR State Prize in 1989.