Mamuka Kikaleishvili

Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Born
Mamuka Andreyevich Kikaleishvili

(1960-08-10)10 August 1960
Died3 May 2000(2000-05-03) (aged 39)
Years active1981-2000
SpouseTatyana[1]

Mamuka Kikaleishvili (Georgian: მამუკა კიკალეიშვილი, Russian: Мамука́ Андре́евич Кикалейшви́ли; 10 August 1960 – 3 May 2000 [2] was a Georgian actor and film director.[3]

Biography

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Born in Tbilisi in 1960, he graduated from Tbilisi Theatre Institute (1981) and worked for Marjanishvili National Academic Drama Theatre until 1984. In 1984, he was employed by the Georgia Film studio. Throughout his career, Mamuka Kikaleishvili performed in leading and secondary roles in a number of films produced in USSR, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. At the 1988 international festival in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, he won a prize for the best comedy actor. In 1992, he made his debut as a director and co-directed Fallen Angel (Georgia) with Levon Uzunian.

Later in his life, he worked for the Georgian Embassy in Moscow where he died in 2000.[4]

Filmography

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  • Old Hags — Russia, 2000
  • Instead of Me — Russia, 2000
  • The Princess on a Bean — Ukraine, 1997
  • Cafe in Lemon Russia, 1994
  • Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach — Russia, 1992
  • Bravo, Giordano Bruno — Georgia, 1993
  • Zero Option — Uzbekistan, 1992
  • Wandering Stars — USSR, 1991
  • Crooks— USSR, 1990
  • Passport — USSR/France, 1990
  • Girl from Rouen Nicknamed Doughnut — USSR, 1989
  • The Scoundrel — Azerbaijan SSR, 1988
  • The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho — Georgian SSR/Spain, 1988
  • Gentlemen Adventurers — Georgian SSR, 1985
  • An Unusual Trip — Georgian SSR, 1983

References

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  1. ^ Как они умерли
  2. ^ Кинословарь. Т.2, СПб., 2001. — С.44.)
  3. ^ Виктор Андриенко. Безумные Макароны или…
  4. ^ "მამუკა კიკალეიშვილი" (in Georgian). Cinema of Georgia Database. Accessed on August 30, 2007.
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