Revaz Tabukashvili

• Name — Revaz Shalva Tabukashvili • Born — 2 August 1927 • Birthplace — Tbilisi, Georgia SSR • Died — 5 August 1990 • Place of death — Tbilisi, Georgia SSR • Education — Moscow State Institute of International Relations • Occupation — * Film director • writer • illustrator • Years Active — 1950–1992 • Awards — Honored Art Worker of the USSR Shota Rustaveli State Prize

He was born on August 2, 1927, in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1949 he graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. His poetry and translations were being published since 1940. In 1960s-70s, he was considered as one of the best translators of William Shakespeare's sonnets. His plays were regularly performed in Tbilisi's Rustaveli Theatre. He was the author of librettos in operas. He discovered Georgian manuscripts and important documents in different libraries and archives of the world. Because of him most of those important manuscripts, documents, letters, and pictures were returned in Georgia. He died on August 5, 1990, and buried in Didube Pantheon.

He was married to Medea Japaridze, a Soviet actress of Georgian origin.

Revaz Tabukashvili is recorded with the occupation camera operator. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as camera operator, screenwriter, film director, playwright and filmmaker.