The famous director Georgy Danelia has shot many films that have become classics. The most famous are Mimino, Afonya, Kin-Dza-Dza. He also co-wrote the film Gentlemen of Fortune.
Early years, adolescence
Georgy Nikolaevich was born in Tbilisi on August 25, 1930. When the baby was one year old, the family began to live in the capital. His father was an engineer, his mother got a job at Mosfilm. She worked as an assistant director, then she herself began to make films. Aunt and uncle George were folk artists.
After school Danelia graduated from the Institute of Architecture, began to work in his specialty. Then he became disillusioned with the profession and decided to become a director like his mother. In 1959 Danelia graduated from courses at Mosfilm.
Creative activity
Georgy Nikolaevich began his creative career at Mosfilm. The very first works were successful. The director received several awards for the film "Seryozha". In 1964, the film "I Walk Through Moscow" was released, which became the opening of the year. He glorified Danelia.
A year later, the film "Thirty Three" appeared, and Georgy Nikolaevich was called the master of comedy. He knew how to create a well-coordinated team of completely different actors.
Later Danelia shot miniatures for the film magazine "Fitil". His next work, "Do not Cry!" The audience and critics warmly received it. Georgian actors starred in it, Danelia's sister Chiaureli Sofiko took part in the filming.
In 1979, the melodrama "Autumn Marathon" appeared, which became successful. The audience saw Oleg Basilashvili in an unusual way for him. Later there were films "Afonya", "Mimino".
In 1986, the audience saw the film "Kin-dza-dza", which was a huge success. The picture became an innovation in the world of Soviet cinema.
Danelia believes that his best work is Tears Falling. For subsequent films ("Passport", "Nastya"), the director won the State Prize.
Since 2003, Georgy Nikolaevich has been the chairman of the Foundation, whose activities are aimed at the development of cinema. In 2015, the Cinema in the Theater project was launched, which consists of preparing plays based on famous films.
Danelia has many awards and titles, he is a People's Artist. In the 2000s, several autobiographical books of the director were published.
Personal life
Danelia's first wife is Ginzburg Irina. They got married in 1951. The marriage lasted for a year. Their daughter Svetlana was born, she became a lawyer.
Danelia entered into a second marriage with Sokolova Lyubov, an actress. They met on the set of the movie "Walking through the agony", lived together from 1957 to 1984. They had a son, Nikolai. He became a director, composes poetry, paints pictures.
Georgy Nikolaevich also had an affair with Tokareva Victoria, a famous writer. But the relationship did not end in marriage. Danelia's third wife is Galina Yurkova, she was a journalist, then became a director.
