Eldar Shengelaia

Eldar Shengelaia
Born	(1933-01-26) 26 January 1933 (age 91) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1957-2022

Eldar Shengelaia (Georgian: ელდარ შენგელაია; Russian: Эльда́р Никола́евич Шенгела́я; born 26 January 1933) is a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1957 and 1996.^[1] From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He has been awarded the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia (1979) and of the Soviet Union (1988). He has been a chairman of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia since 1976. Since 2008, he has been chairman of the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia.