Levan Gabriadze Explained

Levan Gabriadze
Birth Date:16 November 1969
Birth Place:Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Citizenship:Georgian, Russian
Occupation:Actor, director

Levan "Leo" Gabriadze (Georgian: ლევან რევაზის ძე გაბრიაძე, Levan Revazis dze Gabriadze; Russian: Лева́н Рева́зович Габриа́дзе, Levan Revazovich Gabriadze; born 16 November 1969) is a Georgian-Russian actor and film director. He is best known for directing the 2014 horror film Unfriended.

Biography

Gabriadze was born in Tbilisi, then part of the Soviet Georgia. His father, Revaz Gabriadze, was an actor, writer and director. By age 12, Leo was already working in his father's productions.

At age 17, he was invited to star in one of the main roles of the film Kin-dza-dza!. He graduated from the workshop of Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, specialized in acting and set design.[1]

He served in the Soviet Army, Air Defense Forces with the rank of private, serving as a fireman.[2]

In 1990, he entered the University of California (UCLA) (Los Angeles) in the Faculty of Design and Animation. In 2000, he moved to Moscow, where he became the advertising director of the film company Bazelevs.[3]

In 2010, he made his first feature film Lucky Trouble which won the audience award "Golden Taiga" in the festival "Spirit of Fire" in Khanty-Mansiysk in February 2011.[4] [5]

In 2014, he directed the horror film Unfriended.[6] [7] [8]

In 2017, he finished working on an animated film based on the stories of his father Rezo Gabriadze, titled Rezo. The film was released in May 2018.

Filmography

As actor

As director

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Time Out. Levan Gabriadze. Russian.
  2. Web site: Lep Gabriadze. Sostav.ru. Russian.
  3. Web site: GABRIADZE Levan. kinoglaz.fr.
  4. Web site: "Сибирь…" отмечена "Золотой тайгой". Ruskino. Russian.
  5. Web site: Фильм "Выкрутасы" дал старт "Российским дебютам" фестиваля "Дух огня". 20 February 2011 . RIA Novosti.
  6. Web site: Dave McNary. Variety. Universal Buys, Sets April Release for Blumhouse Horror-Thriller 'Cybernatural'. 16 October 2014 .
  7. Web site: Timur Bekmambetov, 'Unfriended'. Screen International. Elbert Wyche.
  8. Web site: In 'Unfriended,' horror comes to life online. Los Angeles Times. Timur Bekmambetov. 11 April 2015 .
  9. Web site: Milla Jovovich scheitert an russischen Abführmitteln. 24 October 2012 . Die Welt. 25 January 2015.
  10. Web site: Miller. Ryan. Levan Gabriadze's Cybernatural gets a title change. 12 November 2014 . JoBlo. 28 November 2014.
  11. Web site: Loeffler. Shawn. FANTASIA 2014: GENRE REDEFINED – AN INTERVIEW WITH CYBERNATURAL'S DIRECTOR, LEO GABRIADZE. 19 August 2014 . Yell Magazine. 17 January 2015.
  12. Web site: Gingold. Michael. "CYBERNATURAL" (Fantasia Movie Review). Fangoria. 8 August 2014.
  13. Web site: Turek. Ryan. Fantasia Capsule Reviews: Animosity, Closer to God, Cybernatural, Dys-. STYD. 8 August 2014.