Rusudan Glurijdze

Rusudan Glurjidze is a Georgian film director, screenwriter, and producer. From 1989 to 1991 she studied French Language and Literature at the Tbilisi State University. From 1990 to 1996 she has been studying Film Directing and Scriptwriting at Georgiy Shengelaia's class at the Georgian State Film and Theatre Institute. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union destroyed the Georgian film industry, she worked in Advertising. Producer and Creative Director of Cinetech Film Production Company since 2007. Her directorial feature debut House of Others premiered in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking home the Grand Prix and becoming Georgia's candidate in the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was successfully screened and awarded at official selections and special programs at many International Film Festivals.