Shota Laperadze(1930-1995)
- Producer
- Production Manager
Shota Laperadze (1930-1995) was a Georgian film producer who produced
twenty films between 1959 and 1994. From 1959 to 1991 he worked as a
film producer at Georgian Film Studio. Later, from 1991 to 1995,
Laperadze was a head of the film unions - "Aisi" and "Caucasus." He has
been a member of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia since 1978. In 1974
he received an award as a best film producer for the film Mze
Shemodgomisa (Autumn Sun). Especially fruitful was Laperadze's
cooperation with Georgian film director Rezo Chkheidze; together they
made eight films, including Father of a Soldier (1964), which was
entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival and The
Saplings (1972); the film was entered into the 8th Moscow International
Film Festival where it won a Diploma. At the same time Laperadze
successfully worked with other outstanding film directors such as Otar
Iosseliani, Georgiy Shengelaya and Temur Babluani. In 1975 Laperadze
produced Otar Iosseliani's film Pastorale, the film received an award
on Berlin International Film Festival in 1982.