Shota Laperadze, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shota Laperadze

Georgian film director (1930-1995)

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Georgia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Shota Laperadze (1930-1995) was a Georgian film producer who produced twenty films between 1959 and 1994.
From 1959 to 1991 he worked as a film producer at Georgian Film Studio.
Later, from 1991 to 1995, Laperadze was a head of the film unions - “Aisi” and “Caucasus.” He has been a member of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia since 1978. In 1974 he received an award as a best film producer for the film Mze Shemodgomisa (Autumn Sun).
Especially fruitful was Laperadze's cooperation 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); the film was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.At the same time Laperadze successfully worked with other outstanding 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.