Rezo Gigineishvili


Revaz 'Davidovich Gigineishvili' is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer.
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Biography

Gigineishvili was born on 19 March 1982 in Tbilisi to musician Irina Tsikoridze and physician David Gigineishvili, who during the Soviet period headed one of the health resorts in Borjomi. His elder maternal half-sister is Tamara Shengelia, a musician and the wife of journalist Matvey Ganapolsky.
In 1991, he moved to Moscow. Since 1997, he has worked in television.
In 2005, he graduated from the directing department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, studying under Marlen Khutsiev.
He worked as second unit director on Fyodor Bondarchuk’s film 9th Company.

Personal life

Gigineishvili's first marriage was to singer Anastasia Kochetkova. Their daughter, Maria, was born in 2006. The couple divorced in 2009.
In April 2010, he married actress Nadezhda Mikhalkova. They were married in a church ceremony on 29 October 2011 at the Bodbe Monastery in Georgia.
They have two children: daughter Nina and son Ivan. The couple separated in 2017 and officially divorced on 23 October 2017.

Filmography

Acting

  • 2002 — Ice Age — Dato
  • 2004 — Moscow. Central District 2 — Sandrik
  • 2006 — Nine Months — clinic doctor

Director

Second unit director

Screenwriter

Producer

  • 2020 — Guests from the Past
  • 2019 — Sober Driver
  • 2019 — How I Became Russian
  • 2018 — Lapsi
  • 2017 — Hostages
  • 2016 — Bet on Love
  • 2016 — Pushkin
  • 2015–2016 — Roof of the World
  • 2015 — Without Borders
  • 2014 — Son for Father
  • 2013–2015 — The Last of the Magikyans
  • 2012 — Love with an Accent
  • 2010 — Fog
  • 2010 — ''Without Men''

Music videos

Awards