Tornike Gogrichiani
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR [now Republic of Georgia]
Biography
Tornike Gogrichiani is a Georgian actor and director. He started his acting career as a student at Shota Rustaveli theatre and film university. Since 2007, he has been actively working as a theatre and movie actor. One of his first theatrical role, (Macbeth) earned him a several awards ( as a male actor) at the international theatre festivals. In 2012 he played one of the main roles in Zaza Rusadzes "A fold in my blanket". The movie was selected in 63rd Berlin international film festival, in the official program's "Panorama" section. In 2016 he made his directing debut (Andro) short film, which was premiered at 39th Montpellier film festival, after that, presented at several international film festivals and won grand prize at Tehran short film festival. He's second short film "Heatwave' is an international co-production between Georgia and Croatia.
