A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Dea Vellengur
Birthplace:
Georgia
Born:
January 1, 1986
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.
Assistant Director Trainee:
2010 The Way Back
Director:
2010 The Way Back
2014 Invisible Spaces
2016 Léthé
2020 Beginning
2025 April
???? Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film
First Assistant Director:
2010 Dream Town
2010 The Way Back
2011 Le nid
2012 Black Mulberry
2014 Invisible Spaces
2016 Léthé
2020 Beginning
2025 April
???? Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film
Writer:
2010 Dream Town
2010 The Way Back
2011 Le nid
2012 Black Mulberry
2014 Invisible Spaces
2016 Léthé
2017 City of the Sun
2017 Pria
2020 Beginning
2025 April
???? Untitled Dea Kulumbegashvili Film
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