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Movie
Directing
Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Born
- (age 40)
- Birthplace
- Oryol, Orlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- Credits
- 13 titles
Biography
Dea Kulumbegashvili is a Georgian film director and writer. She studied film directing at Columbia University School of the Arts and media studies at The New School in New York. Dea’s filmmaking has been informed by her experience of growing up in a place with such a mix of ethnicities and nationalities. Dea was born in Oriol, Russia and raised in a small town called Lagodekhi at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, a former Soviet Union republic. In 2016, she became the first Georgian director to have a film accepted in Cannes — her stunning minimalist short Invisible Spaces. In 2020, her feature debut BEGINNING became the first Georgian film to win the Golden Shell for best film as well as picked up the best director, best actress and best screenplay honors.
Signature work
Known For
Acting credits 2
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Festival de Cine de San Sebastián TV | Self - Jury President (2 ep) |
| 2008 | Premiere Film |
Crew credits 11
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film Film | Director, Writer |
| 2025 | April Film | Director, Writer |
| 2020 | Beginning Film | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | Pria Film | Writer |
| 2017 | City of the Sun Film | Writer |
| 2016 | Léthé Film | Writer, Director |
| 2014 | Invisible Spaces Film | Director, Writer |
| 2012 | Black Mulberry Film | First Assistant Director |
| 2011 | Le nid Film | First Assistant Director |
| 2010 | The Way Back Film | Assistant Director Trainee |
| 2010 | Dream Town Film | First Assistant Director |