简介：AmajordirectoroftheSovietsixtieswhocontinuestomakeinternationallyacclaimedfilms.Achildmusicianandmusicstudent,IosselianiswitchedtomathemeticsatMoscowStateUniversity,thenattendedVGIK,studieddirectingunderDovzhenko,andgraduatedin1961.Hisfirstmajorfilm,April,resultedinhisbeingdeniedworkfortwoyears,duringwhichworkedasbothasailoranddaylaborer.HereturnedtodirectfilmssuchasFallingLeaves,whichtakesadocumentaryapproachtodepictingGeorgianlife.Hisfilmstooksubtle,ellipticalpathstocritiquingtheSovietUnionuntilheemigratedtoFranceintheearly1980s,atwhichtimehispictures--oftenstillsetintheSovietterritories--becamemarginallymoreexplicit.Buthismoviesaremuchtooconcernedwithuniversality,themysteriesofhumanexistenseandthebeautyofnature,tobeovertlypolitical.ThoughstillresidinginFrance,sincethefalloftheSovietUnionIosselianihasworkedmorecloselywiththeGeorgianfilmindustry,andhispan-Europeanproductionshavereachedawideinternationalaudience.Atrueauteur,hecontinuestowrite,edit,andactin,aswellasdirect,hisfilms.…