Dea Kulumbegashvili
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1986 (age 40) · Oryol, Orlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Dea Kulumbegashvili is a Georgian film director and writer. She studied film directing at Columbia University School of the Arts and media studies at The New School in New York. Dea’s filmmaking has been informed by her experience of growing up in a place with such a mix of ethnicities and nationalities. Dea was born in Oriol, Russia and raised in a small town called Lagodekhi at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, a former Soviet Union republic. In 2016, she became the first Georgian director to have a film accepted in Cannes — her stunning minimalist short Invisible Spaces. In 2020, her feature debut BEGINNING became the first Georgian film to win the Golden Shell for best film as well as picked up the best director, best actress and best screenplay honors.
Known for
Behind the camera11
- 2025April Director, Writer
- 2020Beginning Director, Writer
- 2017Pria Writer
- 2017City of the Sun Writer
- 2016Léthé Writer, Director
- 2014Invisible Spaces Director, Writer
- 2012Black Mulberry First Assistant Director
- 2011Le nid First Assistant Director
- 2010The Way Back Assistant Director Trainee
- 2010Dream Town First Assistant Director