Nikoloz Shengelaia

BIOGRAPHY

Nikoloz Shengelaia was a Soviet Georgian film director. Nikoloz Shengelaia was one of the founders of Georgian cinema. His epic 1928 silent film “Eliso” is about the exile of Circassian and Chechen people and the colonization of their land in the Caucasus Mountains by imperial Russia.

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

8 August 1903

Death Day

4 January 1943

Place of Birth

Obuji, Kutaiskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Also Known As

Николай Шенгелая, Nikolay Shengelaya, ნიკოლოზ მიხეილის ძე შენგელაია, Nikoloz Shengelaya, Nicholas Shengelia