{"id":829,"date":"2026-09-15T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photomuseum.ge\/?page_id=829"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:45:48","slug":"giorgi-gersamia-biography-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/photomuseum.ge\/ka\/giorgi-gersamia-biography-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Giorgi Gersamia Biography &#8211; EN"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--\n  Giorgi Gersamia \u2014 English Biography\n  WordPress Custom HTML Block for Kadence Theme\n  Suggested page title: Giorgi Gersamia \u2014 Biography\n  Suggested slug: giorgi-gersamia-biography-en\n\n  Paste this entire file into one Custom HTML block.\n  The page contains its own H1; keep the separate Kadence page title hidden.\n  This is a page fragment, so it deliberately has no html, head or body tags.\n\n  For the English About page, add a Kadence Button beneath Giorgi's profile:\n  Text: Read Giorgi's biography\n  URL: \/giorgi-gersamia-biography-en\/\n  Use that URL only after publishing the page with the suggested slug.\n\n  Editorial basis: latest Georgian HTML supplied by the applicant.\n  Film dates follow that list. 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class=\"gg-container\">\n\n    <nav class=\"gg-language-nav\" aria-label=\"Biography language\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/photomuseum.ge\/ka\/giorgi-gersamia-biography\/\" lang=\"ka\" hreflang=\"ka\">\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10e3\u10da\u10d8 <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n    <\/nav>\n\n    <header class=\"gg-hero\">\n      <figure class=\"gg-hero-portrait\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/photomuseum.aiinsider.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/giorgi-gersamia-georgian-cinematographer.jpg\" alt=\"Giorgi Gersamia, Georgian cinematographer, professor and researcher of photographic heritage\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <figcaption>Giorgi Gersamia \u2014 Georgian cinematographer and researcher of photographic heritage<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n\n      <div class=\"gg-hero-text\">\n        <h1 class=\"gg-hero-title\">\u10d2\u10d8\u10dd\u10e0\u10d2\u10d8 \u10d2\u10d4\u10e0\u10e1\u10d0\u10db\u10d8\u10d0<\/h1>\n        <p class=\"gg-hero-subtitle\">Cinematographer \u00b7 Professor Emeritus \u00b7 Founder of Photomuseum<\/p>\n        <p class=\"gg-hero-dates\">1939\u20132026<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <hr class=\"gg-divider\">\n\n    <section class=\"gg-section\" aria-labelledby=\"gg-career-title\">\n      <h2 class=\"gg-section-title\" id=\"gg-career-title\">Filmmaker &amp; Academic<\/h2>\n\n      <p>Giorgi Gersamia was born on 7 September 1939 in Tbilisi, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n      <p>He studied at the Moscow Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), graduating from the Cinematography Faculty in 1963. He began his professional career as a cinematographer at Georgian Film Studio in 1963, where he worked for more than three decades, shooting over twenty feature and documentary films.<\/p>\n\n      <p>He joined the Georgian Cinematographers\u2019 Union in 1968 and was awarded the title of Honoured Art Worker of Georgia in 1988. In 1989, he attained the professional rank of highest-category cinematographer. In 1999, he received Georgia\u2019s Order of Honour for his contribution to national cinema.<\/p>\n\n      <p>In January 2019, the Academic Council of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) awarded Gersamia the title of Professor Emeritus in recognition of his contribution to Georgian cinema and photographic culture.<\/p>\n\n      <p>He was a Full Professor at TAFU from 2007. He developed and taught <em>Anthology: A Cinematography Course for Student Cinematographers<\/em>, published as a four-DVD educational series in 2010.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <hr class=\"gg-divider\">\n\n    <section class=\"gg-section\" aria-labelledby=\"gg-photography-title\">\n      <h2 class=\"gg-section-title\" id=\"gg-photography-title\">The Georgian Association for the History of Photography in the Caucasus<\/h2>\n\n      <p>The original online Photomuseum grew out of Giorgi Gersamia\u2019s research into the history of photography in Georgia and the Caucasus. In 2000, the Georgian Association for the History of Photography in the Caucasus received support from the Open Society\u2013Georgia Foundation (OSGF) to establish the museum online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photomuseum.org.ge\/about_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photomuseum.org.ge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n      <p>The project grew from many years of archival research, fieldwork across Georgia and the Caucasus, and collaboration with institutions, private collectors and family archives.<\/p>\n\n      <p>Giorgi Gersamia\u2019s legacy includes photographs he collected, photographs he made himself, and his research. His work also drew on the study of photographs held by museums, archives, libraries and private collectors.<\/p>\n\n      <p>This legacy remains the foundation of Photomuseum\u2019s work. Inventory, identification and documentation are continuing. Public sharing depends on each photograph\u2019s source, copyright and conditions of use.<\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <hr class=\"gg-divider\">\n\n    <section class=\"gg-filmography\" aria-labelledby=\"gg-filmography-title\">\n      <h2 class=\"gg-filmography-title\" id=\"gg-filmography-title\">Filmography<\/h2>\n\n      <ul class=\"gg-film-list\">\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1962<\/span> Carousel<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1965<\/span> Mikha<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1967<\/span> The Big Green Valley <span class=\"gg-film-note\">(festival prizewinner)<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1968<\/span> An Extraordinary Exhibition<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1973<\/span> Farewell, Jaqo!<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1974<\/span> Captains<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1976<\/span> The Summit<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1977<\/span> Wolf Cubs<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1981<\/span> Three Days of a Hot Summer<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1982<\/span> The Beginning of the Road<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1986<\/span> What\u2019s So Hard About Wrestling?<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1987<\/span> Rivaresi <span class=\"gg-film-note\">(ballet film)<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1988<\/span> Dreams Among Adlums<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1991<\/span> I, Pel\u00e9\u2019s Godfather!<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1992<\/span> Grantusi<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">1996<\/span> The Whirlpool<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">2001<\/span> By the Spiral Staircase <span class=\"gg-film-note\">(festival prizewinner)<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">2005<\/span> Meidan \u2014 The Navel of the World <span class=\"gg-film-note\">(documentary)<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">2005<\/span> Above Sea Level\u2026<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">2005<\/span> The Coin<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">2005<\/span> The Ceiling, or Material for an Unfinished Film<\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"gg-film-year\">2009<\/span> Jaqo\u2019s Dispossessed<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <nav class=\"gg-back-link\" aria-label=\"Museum navigation\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/photomuseum.ge\/ka\/about\/\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2190&nbsp;<\/span> About the Museum<\/a>\n    <\/nav>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10e3\u10da\u10d8 &nbsp;\u2192 Giorgi Gersamia \u2014 Georgian cinematographer and researcher of photographic heritage Giorgi Gersamia Cinematographer \u00b7 Professor Emeritus \u00b7 Founder of Photomuseum 1939\u20132026 Filmmaker &amp; Academic Giorgi Gersamia was born on 7 September 1939 in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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