Giga Lortkipanidze

Grigol "Giga" Davitis dze Lortkipanidze (; 19 October 1927 – 13 June 2013) was a Georgian theatre and film director. A leading figure of Georgian theatre—long associated with the Marjanishvili Theatre—and the director of the acclaimed television series Data Tutashkhia, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1979.

Early life and education Lortkipanidze was born on 19 October 1927 in Tbilisi. People's Artist of the USSR (1979) USSR State Prize (1981), for the television series Data Tutashkhia Shota Rustaveli State Prize of the Georgian SSR (1985) State Prize of Georgia (1995) Order of Honour (1996) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Badge of Honour (1958)

Personal life Lortkipanidze was married to the actress Ketevan Kiknadze; his sister was the historian Marika Lortkipanidze. He died in Tbilisi on 13 June 2013 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.