Background
George Ovashvili was born in Mtskheta, Georgia.
George Ovashvili was born in Mtskheta, Georgia.
He studied at the Polytechnical Institute (1981—1986).
Ovashvili is a graduate of the Georgian State Institute of Cinema and Theatre (1996), and the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Holywood (2006). A stage actor at the State Theatre, he also directed plays for children and ran an advertising agency. The writer of a television program entitled Georgian Bulletin for a broadcaster in New New York
He has directed a number of poignantly elegant shorts, most notably — Eye Level (New York Film Academy Scholarship Award at Berlinale 2005, Special Prize of International Jury at Odense FF) and The Trolley (Special Prize of international jury at Kiev "Molodist" FF).
The other bank is his big-screen directorial debut and has received several awards.
