გოდერძი ჩოხელი/Goderdzi Chokheli

Goderdzi Chokheli (Georgian: გოდერძი ჩოხელი) (October 2, 1954 – November 16, 2007) was a Georgian novelist, scriptwriter, and film director.

Born in the village Chokhi in then-Soviet Georgia, he graduated from Tbilisi State Theatre Institute in 1979, and debuted in cinema in 1978. Some of his most successful films are The Resurrection (1982), Human Sadness (1984), Easter Lamb (1988), The Children of Sin (1989), The Birds of Paradise (1997), The Gospel According to Luke (1998), and The Chained Knights (2000).

He also authored several novellas and collections of stories such as Letter to Fir-trees, Twilight Gorge, People Melancholy, Wolf, Fish's Letters, Priest’s Sin, Keep me Motherland, Pursuer Fate, Going to Heaven, and The Life of the Grass.

LITERARY PRIZES AND AWARDS

- Grand Prize for the film “Easter”, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, 1982

- “Silver Nymph” and prize of International Catholic Church for the film “Children of Sin”, Monte Carlo Film Festival, 1991

- Special Prize at Japan Film Festival (1991)

- Prizes for the Best Script and Best Film Producing at Tbilisi “Gold Eagle” Festival, 1992

- Grand Prize at Anapa festival for the film “Turtle-Doves of Paradise”, 1997

- Prize for the best script at Anapa Festival for the film “Gospel According to Luke”, 1998