Prof. Dr. Zviad Dolidze
Dean of the Faculty, film historian, Full Professor, Doctor of Art Criticism (Film Studies), Doctor of History.
Education:
The State Pedagogical Institute Named after A.S.Pushkin, Tbilisi, Georgia, MA/BA – Teacher of History, 1975-1980.
Degrees:
The Degree of a Candidate of Science in History (profession - History of Culture): Thesis “History of the Georgian Culture: Development of Georgian Cinema in 1921-1938", 1987.
The Degree of a Doctor of Science in Art Criticism (profession – Film, TV and other Screen Arts’ Studies): Thesis "The Historical and Social Grounds and Development Ways of the Westerns", 1997.
Teaching Experience:
Dean of the Faculty of Art Sciences, Media and Management, Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017-present;
Full Professor of Film Studies, Leader of Film History Direction, Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2003-present;
Associate Professor of Film and TV Studies, Head of Department of TV Arts, Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1998-2003;
Chief Lecturer of History and Film Studies, Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1992-1998;
Teacher of History, Experimental School №1, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1978-1981.
Other Work Experience:
Founder and Director of the Abasha International Children and Youth Film Festival, Abasha, Georgia, 2017-present;
Director of Abasha and Kutaisi Summer Children and Youth Film Schools, 2015-present;
Founder and Executive Director of Association “Cinerama”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2014-present;
Executive Director of the Tbilisi International Children an Youth Film Festival “Golden Butterfly”, 2013-present;
Research Leader of Georgian Film Glossary – research and collaboration project supported by Georgian National Film Center and undertaken by GFM Filmbridge, a Georgia based non-profit, 2011;
Research Director of the Foundation for Georgian Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences (Rustaveli Foundation) the 2008 State Scientific Grant – “The Cinema World of Akira Kurosawa: Creative Searching and Peculiarities”, 2008-2011;
Member of the Dissertational Board of Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2008-present;
Member of Parliament, Member of Parliamentarian Committee of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Tbilisi, Parliament of Georgia, 2004-2008;
Author and anchor of TV program “Oscar at our Screen”, TV channel “Adjara”, Batumi, Georgia, 2001;
Author and anchor of TV program “The Classic Films”, TV channel “Evrika”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1999-2001;
Author and anchor of TV program “Illusion”, TV channel “First Channel”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1997-1999;
Director, Small Publishing Enterprise "Tao-91", Tbilisi, Georgia, 1991-1992;
Deputy Head, Georgian Historical Society, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1989-1991;
Chief assistant, The State Pedagogical Institute named after A.S.Pushkin, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1988-1989;
Author and anchor of TV program “By the Eye of the Documentarist”, TV channel “First Channel”, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1983-1987;
Literary editor, Film Studio “Mematiane” (“The Chronicler”), Tbilisi, Georgia, 1982-1988;
Assistant director, Film Studio “Kartuli filmi” (“Georgian Film”), Tbilisi, Georgia, 1981-1982.
Languages:
Georgian (native)
English (fluent)
Russian (fluent)
Zviad Dolidze was a member of the juries of several international film festivals, participant of international and local conferences, an author of six books (all in Georgian): 1. Georgian Cinema (2004), 2. The Westerns: History and Film (2008), 3. Film World of Akira Kurosawa (2011), 4. World Cinema History: Silent Film (2016), 5. World Cinema History. The 1930s-the 1960s (2016), 6. Georgian Film: Short History (2016).
He is an author of more than forty articles, of film script “The Georgian” and coauthor of the collections: “The Power of Georgian Women Filmmakers” (2014, in Korean and English) and “Our Dignities” (2016, in Georgian). He is a member of the Film Academy of Georgia.
