Tornike
BZIAVA is a Georgian director and actor born in 1980.Grandson
of film director Siko Dolidze (The last
crusaders - 1934) and son of director Keti Dolidze (Kukaracha -
1983), Tornike Bziava starts his artistic career as a performer for theater
productions. He first attends acting classes at the University of Theatre and
Film of Georgia (2001), where he is elected “Year’s Best Actor”. In 2003 he
graduates in directing and achieves three experimental films (Listen to Chopin, Delirium and Secret Man),
for which he would receive several awards in Georgia. The year after he goes to
the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, where he works on different short
film projects, from directing to acting. Back to Europe in 2005, he receives
the Fulbright Scholarship which allows him to spend one year formation in
Warsaw at the world renowned Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Noticed
by Georgian film directors for his acting skills, he is also offered some
leading roles in national long features (Three
Houses by Zaza Urushadze, Thy will be
done by Revaz Chkeidze). In 2009 he gets a small part in the American film Georgia starring Val Kilmer and Andy
Garcia. The same year he goes back to film directing with the short film April Chill, distributed by AD ASTRA
FILMS, which receives an International Jury Special Mention at the 2010
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.
Tornike
BZIAVA is a Georgian director and actor born in 1980.Grandson
of film director Siko Dolidze (The last
crusaders - 1934) and son of director Keti Dolidze (Kukaracha -
1983), Tornike Bziava starts his artistic career as a performer for theater
productions. He first attends acting classes at the University of Theatre and
Film of Georgia (2001), where he is elected “Year’s Best Actor”. In 2003 he
graduates in directing and achieves three experimental films (Listen to Chopin, Delirium and Secret Man),
for which he would receive several awards in Georgia. The year after he goes to
the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, where he works on different short
film projects, from directing to acting. Back to Europe in 2005, he receives
the Fulbright Scholarship which allows him to spend one year formation in
Warsaw at the world renowned Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Noticed
by Georgian film directors for his acting skills, he is also offered some
leading roles in national long features (Three
Houses by Zaza Urushadze, Thy will be
done by Revaz Chkeidze). In 2009 he gets a small part in the American film Georgia starring Val Kilmer and Andy
Garcia. The same year he goes back to film directing with the short film April Chill, distributed by AD ASTRA
FILMS, which receives an International Jury Special Mention at the 2010
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.
