Giya Kancheli was born on August 10, 1935 in Tiflis, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a composer and actor, known for
Kin-dza-dza! (1986),
The Tree of Life (2011) and
Pasport (1990). He died on October 2, 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.