Alexander Kviria

Director, Cameraman, Editor

mail@alexanderkviria.com
+44 7852 610 235

Education

2000 – 2003

Russian State Film Institute (VGIK, Moscow), faculty of Film directing

2001 Jun

Workshop for the filmmakers, European Community’s Socrates/Erasmus Intensive Program (Lithuania)

1989 – 1994

Tbilisi State University, faculty of International Law

Job Experience

2007 – present

Freelance editor, Independent Film-maker based in London

2009 Apr – May

Marseille 2009 Carnival film capture, on an invitation by the City Hall

2009 Jan – Jun

Educational film for Keyring (UK charity for people with learning difficulties)

2006 Oct – Dec

“Season of Mists” (Fiction/UK-Russia/Dir. Anna Chernakova) – 1^st AD

2005 Sep – 2006 Mar

Georgian Public Broadcasting (TV and radio) – General producer

2003 – 2005

TNT TV channel (Russia) – Director, story writer, editor for talk-shows

2001 – 2002

Studio “Dialog” (Russia) – Director, editor

2000 Jun – Aug

“Magonia” (Fiction/Netherlands/Dir. Ineke Smits) – AD

1998 – 1999

TV channel “Georgian Wave” – Director, cameraman (short movies)

1999 Jan – Feb

Rotterdam Film Festival – Director of joint Dutch/Georgian project

1995 – 1997

TACIS Press Centre (Georgia) – Journalist

1993 – 1994

Information Agency “Eurasia” (Georgia) – Journalist

Films

2010

"Gorelovka – Episodes from the life of a disappearing community" (Documentary/48min/HDV/Georgia-UK) – Director, cameraman, editor
     > Tbilisi International Film Festival 2010 – Selection
     > GoEast Film Festival 2011 – Federal Foreign Office award
     > Kish International Film Festival 2011 – Competition
     > London International Documentary Festival (LIDF) 2011 – Competition

2009

"The Filthiest Porches – Mamuka Lekiashvili" (Documentary/48min/HDV/Georgia) – Director, cameraman, editor

2008

"Steven" (Documentary/6min/HDV/UK) – Director, cameraman, editor
     > Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2009 - Selection
     > British Shorts Film Festival Berlin 2009 - Selection
     > Moscow Perspektiva Film Festival 2010 - Selection

2007

“Bedtime Stories” (Documentary/3min/DV/UK) – Director, cameraman, editor

2006

“Cold Cold Heart” (Documentary/10min/DV/UK) – Director, cameraman, editor

2005

“The Story of a Little Soldier” (Fiction/19 min/35mm/Russia) – Screenwriter, director, editor
     > Cortopotere Short Film Festival 2007 – Best Fiction Experimental Film
     > Festival of Nations (Ebensee) 2007 – Diploma
     > Cottbus Film Festival 2006 – Selection
     > Cork Film Festival 2006 – Selection
     > Moscow CinePhantom Festival 2005 – Selection

2002

“Night patrol” (Documentary/13 min/35 mm/Russia) – Director, editor

2001

“Evgeny the grandson of Vukvutagin” (Documentary/10 min/35mm/Russia) – Director, editor

2001

“Schoolmates” (Documentary/30 min/Beta/Russia) – Director, editor

2001

“Story #...” (Fiction/5 min/DV/Lithuania) – Director

2000

“Colony” (Fiction/26 min/Beta/Georgia) – Cameraman

2000

“Business trip to Tbilisi” (Documentary/26min/Hi8/Georgia) – Director, cameraman, editor
     > Tbilisi Student Film Festival 2001 – Best Documentary

2000

“Cactus flower” (Documentary/15min/Beta/Georgia) – Director, editor

1999

“Rotterdam /Tbilisi – no comment” (Documentary/30min/DV/Georgia-Netherlands) – Director, cameraman

Videos

2008

“Lunchtime” (1 min)

2007

“Doom” (5 min)
     > Video Art Festival “Pusto”, Moscow, 2007
     > Video Art Screening “Exploding Cinema”, London 2008

2005

“The Story of an Eye” (3 x 30 sec)
     > Video art exhibition “Outvideo”, Yekaterinburg, 2005

Details

Languages

Georgian/Russian – native, English – fluent, French – basic

Editing Software

Final Cut

Personal facts

UK resident, Georgian national