Giga Chkheidze

Giga (George) Chkheidze, born January 8, 1965 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1986 he graduated from the National Theater and Film School Tbilisi: Camera Faculty. At the same time he left the Special Music School with a first in Jazz and Electronic Music. 1986-1991 he worked as a director of photography at the Georgian State Film Studio "Gruzia Film". In 1992 he began his career as an independent filmmaker. Since 1993 he has been realizing a number of independent film projects in Moscow, London, Berlin and Munich. His films have been screened in many renowned International Film Festivals (Int. Film Festival Rotterdam, The Film Society of Lincoln Center: New Directors / New Films NYC, Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Melbourne Int. Film Festival ,......) and Film Programmes such as MOMA (The Museum Of Modern Art) New York, The Film Society of Lincoln Centre New York, Anthology Film Archives New York as well as shown on several popular TV Channels as ARTE, 3 sat, ZDF. He has won awards at several international festivals.