George Varsimashvili
George Varsimashvili (in pronounced Guiorgui Varsimachvili) (born 27 April 1986 in Georgia) is an actor, film director and producer based in Paris.
Biography
The son of the theatre director Avtandil Varsimashvili{{·}}, and his musician mother, he was brought up in Tbilisi together with his sister Mary, in a household that regularly hosted many visiting artists. After a diploma in International Relations at Paris' University d'État, he obtained a Masters in cinema at Université Paris VIII. In 2004, he founded a rock group, Made in Georgia, which released two albums and the soundtrack for a film, Edge.
Living between Paris, Tbilisi, London, Rome and other European cities, acting in his own films, as well as serving as producer when necessary, he made several short films before the 2013 feature movie Particulier à particulier for which he is best known in France.
Films
Feature
- 2013: Parizuli Otsneba (Particulier à Particulier)
Shorts
- 2016 : L’invité
- 2014 : Ikho Erti katsi (Il y avait un homme)
- 2013 : Double standard, Bolero pour les sourds, Maille commerciale, Earth, Wine and Fire
- 2012 : Damartskheba (La défaite), À Vous la parole
- 2011 : Les faux-amis, Midi dzmao midi (Vas-y mon frère vas-y)
- 2010 : Aukhdeneli Otsneba, Je t’aime, Coup de feu, Magie du cinéma
- 2009 : Khvelaperi kargatikneba (Tout ira bien)
- 2008 : Idiotocratia (Idiotocratie)
Awards
- 2011: Aoukhnedeli (Rêve non réalisable), Ours de bronze, Festival des Nations (Ebensee, Autriche)