Rezo Gigineishvili

Revaz (Rezo) Davidovich Gigineishvili (; born 19 March 1982) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography Gigineishvili was born on 19 March 1982 in Tbilisi to musician Irina Tsikoridze and physician David Gigineishvili, who during the Soviet period headed one of the health resorts in Borjomi. His elder maternal half-sister is Tamara Shengelia, a musician and the wife of journalist Matvey Ganapolsky.

In 1991, he moved to Moscow. Since 1997, he has worked in television.

In 2005, he graduated from the directing department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), studying under Marlen Khutsiev.

He worked as second unit director on Fyodor Bondarchuk’s film 9th Company.

Personal life Gigineishvili's first marriage was to singer Anastasia Kochetkova. Their daughter, Maria, was born in 2006. The couple divorced in 2009.

In April 2010, he married actress Nadezhda Mikhalkova. They were married in a church ceremony on 29 October 2011 at the Bodbe Monastery in Georgia. They have two children: daughter Nina (born 21 May 2011) and son Ivan (born 21 May 2013). The couple separated in 2017 and officially divorced on 23 October 2017.

Filmography

Acting 2002 — Ice Age — Dato 2004 — Moscow. Central District 2 — Sandrik 2006 — Nine Months — clinic doctor

Director 2023 — Patient No. 1 2022 — The Parish 2019 — Sober Driver 2017 — About Love. For Adults Only (anthology film) 2017 — Hostages 2015 — Without Borders 2013–2015 — The Last of the Magikyans 2012 — Love with an Accent 2010 — Without Men 2006 — Nine Months 2006 — Heat

Second unit director 2009 — The Inhabited Island (two films)

Screenwriter 2019 — Sober Driver 2017 — Hostages 2015 — Without Borders 2012 — Love with an Accent 2006 — Heat

Producer 2020 — Guests from the Past 2019 — Sober Driver 2019 — How I Became Russian 2018 — Lapsi 2017 — Hostages 2016 — Bet on Love 2016 — Pushkin 2015–2016 — Roof of the World 2015 — Without Borders 2014 — Son for Father 2013–2015 — The Last of the Magikyans 2012 — Love with an Accent 2010 — Fog 2010 — Without Men

Music videos 2004 — Dato — Forgive Me Centr ft. Basta — City of Roads 2012 — Vlad Sokolovsky — Showers 2014 — Soso Pavliashvili — I Kiss Your Hands 2015 — Yolka — Home 2020 — Yolka & Zvonkiy — Times Are Not Chosen

Awards 2017 — Kinotavr Film Festival: Best Director for Hostages 2022 — Pilot TV Series Festival: Best Pilot for The Parish 2023 — Werner Herzog Film Award for Patient No. 1