Eldar Shengelaia
Eldar Shengelaia | |
|---|---|
| ელდარ შენგელაია | |
Shengelaya in 2004 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
| In office 14 November 1990 – 22 April 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1933 |
| Died | August 2025 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, theater pedagogue |
Eldar Shengelaia (Georgian: ელდარ შენგელაია; 26 January 1933 – August 2025) was a Georgian film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1957 and 1996. From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He was awarded the title of the People's Artist of the USSR (1988). He was a chairman of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia from 1976. Beginning in 2008, he was chairman of the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia.