Géla Babluani

Géla Babluani (Georgian: გელა ბაბლუანი) (born 1979) is a Georgian–French film director.

Babluani was born in Tbilisi, son of prominent director Temur Babluani.^[1] At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in France. His first short film, A Fleur de Peau (2002), received critical appraise. His first feature-length film is 13 Tzameti, won the World Cinema Jury Prize for a Dramatic motion picture at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2006 he directed a film L'Héritage with his father about several people from France who visit Tbilissi to for an inheritance.^[2] He recently completed an American version of 13 Tzameti titled 13.

Filmography

• 13 (2010)
• L'héritage (2006) directed with his father Temur Babluani^[3]
• 13 Tzameti (2005)
• À fleur de peau (2002), short film

References

1. Reverse Shot
2. Cinema Strikes Back
3. Archer, Neil (2012-01-15). French Road Movie, The: Space, Mobility, Identity. Berghahn Books. pp. 150–. ISBN 9780857457714. Retrieved 7 January 2013.

• Cineurope Interview (01/2006)

External links

• Géla Babluani at the Internet Movie Database
• NYTimes Review of 13 Tzameti