Georgian director Zaza Urushadze invited to join Film Academy
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The Georgian man who directed the Oscar-shortlisted film Tangerines has become an official member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The prestigious organisation invited Zaza Urushadze to join the group. He was on the list of 322 people, including global acting superstars Emma Stone, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, and other well-known figures, who were invited to join the Academy.
Each year the Academy adds more than 100 new voting members to its ranks, encompassing 17 different branches including actors, cinematographers, directors, writers, producers and executives.
Membership in to the Academy is by invitation only. Oscar nominees are automatically considered; others must be sponsored by two members of their branch of filmmaking.
See the full list of 2015 invitees to the Film Academy here.
Urushadze’s movie Tangerines was nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language film category in this year’s Academy Awards.
The film centres on an older Estonian man who cares for two wounded soldiers from opposite sides of the 1990-era war in Georgia.
Since its release the film has won awards at the Warsaw, Mannheim-Heidelberg, Palm Springs and Seattle film festivals and many other international film festivals.
A Georgian-directed war-time drama that was shortlisted for an Oscar earlier this year will soon be shown in European Parliament and at the United Nations (UN) headquarters.
Estonian-Georgian co-production Tangerines (Mandarinebi), has been selected as one of five films in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars 2015.
Two Georgian film directors whose films have been nominated for a prestigious Academy Award have been honoured in their home country.
Oscar-nominated Estonian-Georgian war-time drama Tangerines will soon be released in the United States after the film was bought by American independent film company Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Award-winning Georgian film director Zaza Urushadze is working on a new project following the international success of his 2013 feature film Tangerines.
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Award-winning filmmaker Zaza Urushadze is working on a new drama feature, which takes viewers a century back in time on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast.
Award-winning cinematographer Giorgi Shvelidze has joined Oscar-winning actor Lady Gaga and director Christopher Miller in becoming part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a major professional guild of cinema creatives.
Iinternationally recognised Georgian film director Zaza Urushadze passed away yesterday at the age of 53. Reportedly, the Georgian film director, who was born in Tbilisi On October 30, 1966, died of heart attack.
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