Siko Dolidze

Biography

Simon (Siko) Dolidze was georgian filmmaker and writer. He graduated from Tbilisi State University Faculty of History and Philosophy in 1925 and started working in movie studio "SAkhkinmretsvi" as a administrator and then as an assistent to director. In 1927 he made short film "A day in Karacho". He filmed his first feature film "In The Area Of Avalanches" in 1931. Since that he has shoot many masterpiece of georgian cinema. For most of his films he was a writer as well. In 1957-1976 he was a head of Georgian SSR Filmmakers union. He was a deputy in Parliament of IV-VII and IX convocation. He has been awarded by several high titles for his contribution to cinema.

Directed

1. Kukaracha (1982) — Director
2. Chrichina (1954) — Director
3. Fatima (1958) — Director
4. The Last Day, The First Day (1960) — Director
5. Song of Eteri (1957) — Director
6. Lake Paliastomi (1964) — Director
7. Shield of Jurgai (1944) — Director
8. Is That a Man? (1980) — Director
9. The City Wakes Up Early (1968) — Director
10. Last Crusaders (1933) — Director
11. Meeting With The Past (1966) — Director
12. Escape at Dawn (1975) — Director
13. Dariko (1937) — Director
14. Friendship (1941) — Director
15. Gardens of Semiramide (1970) — Director
16. The cry of the earth (1929) — Director
17. In the Area of Avalanches (1931) — Director
18. მიურსალის გარღვევა (მუღანის ვაკე) (1929) — Director
19. Soviet Ceylon (1929) — Director
20. The First Congress of Adjarian and Turkish Women (1929) — Director
21. გააძლიერე საბჭოები (1929) — Director
22. ოქტომბრის თორმეტი წელი (1929) — Director
23. დღე ყარაჩაიში (1929) — Director