Soviet film director.
Born January 31st, 1924 in Kutaisi. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1994 at 70 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel