Background
Paatashvili, Levan was born on March 12, 1926 in Georgia, United States.
Paatashvili, Levan was born on March 12, 1926 in Georgia, United States.
Graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, 1954.
Important films: Beg, 1971 (shown at the Cannes Film Festival), Romans о Vliublennykh, 1974, and Sibiriada, the official Soviet entry at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Taught at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography from 1978, and at the Rustaveli Theatre Institute from 1981.