Otar Iosseliani

1934-

Biography: life and films

Otar Iosseliani is a Georgian-French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic on 2nd February 1934.

His best films as a film director include Sept pièces pour cinéma noir et blanc (1983), La Chasse aux papillons (1992) and Chantrapas (2010), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Seule, Georgie (1995), Brigands, chapitre VII (1996) and Lundi matin (2002).

Otar Iosseliani has so far directed 12 films (including 1 short), scripted 9 films and appeared in 6 films.

His most frequent genres include: comedy-drama (5 films), drama (4), Documentary (3) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Otar Iosseliani over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Giorgobistve (1966) [d]

Ma blonde, entends-tu dans la ville? (1980) [a]

Les Favoris de la lune (1984) [d,w]

Un petit monastère en Toscane (1988) [d]

Et la lumière fut (1989) [d,w]

La Chasse aux papillons (1992) [d,w]

Le Fils de Gascogne (1995) [a]

Seule, Georgie (1995) [d,w]

Brigands, chapitre VII (1996) [d,w]

Adieu, plancher des vaches! (1999) [a,d,w]

Lundi matin (2002) [d,w]

L'Oeil de l'autre (2005) [a]

Jardins en automne (2006) [a,d,w]

Chantrapas (2010) [d,w]



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