1. Georgiy Nikolozis dze Daneliya was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.
21 Facts About Georgiy Daneliya
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Georgiy Daneliya was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1989 and a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1997.
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Georgiy Daneliya was born in Tbilisi into a Georgian family.
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Georgiy Daneliya worked as a film director, a second unit director and an assistant director at the Tbilisi Film Studio and Mosfilm.
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Georgiy Daneliya's sister Veriko Anjaparidze was a popular Georgian stage and cinema actress who was married to Mikheil Chiaureli, a prominent Soviet film director.
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Georgiy Daneliya's father was sent to the front line to build underground command and control centers.
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Georgiy Daneliya didn't take part in battles, but was still awarded the rank of major general for his work.
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Georgiy Daneliya started his career by playing episodic roles in several movies directed by his uncle Mikheil Chiaureli.
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In 1956 the Higher Director's Courses were founded at the Mosfilm Studio, and Georgiy Daneliya decided to enter them.
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Georgiy Daneliya's course was led by Mikhail Kalatozov, a good friend of his mother.
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Georgiy Daneliya graduated in 1959 and joined Mosfilm the same year.
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In 1963 Georgiy Daneliya invited a young talent Gennady Shpalikov to collaborate on his first comedy film.
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Georgiy Daneliya decided to switch back to his sad comedies instead of straight-up satire.
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In Gentlemen of Fortune Georgiy Daneliya acted as a creative director and a screenwriter.
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Between 1957 and 1984 Georgiy Daneliya lived in a civil union with an acclaimed Russian actress Lyubov Sergeyevna Sokolova who appeared in a number of his movies.
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Georgiy Daneliya adopted her son Kirill was born on 1968 and and gave him his surname; Kirill became an artist.
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In 1980, Georgiy Daneliya survived a clinical death after being diagnosed with peritonitis and spent a year in hospital.
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Similar to Leonid Gaidai and Eldar Ryazanov, Georgiy Daneliya co-wrote screenplays to the majority of his movies and introduced many distinguishing trademarks in the process.
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Georgiy Daneliya played the dual role in Gentlemen of Fortune.
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Many of Georgiy Daneliya's films featured his Georgian friend Vakhtang Kikabidze.
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Georgiy Daneliya then decided to insert Khobua's name in all of his movies that followed.