Rusudan Glurjidze is a Georgian film director, screenwriter, and producer. From 1989 to 1991, she studied French Language and Literature at Tbilisi State University. From 1990 to 1996, she studied Film Directing and Scriptwriting in Georgiy Shengelaia’s class at the Georgian State Film and Theatre Institute. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union destroyed the Georgian film industry, she worked in advertising. Glurjidze has been the producer and creative director of Cinetech Film Production Company since 2007.
Her directorial feature debut, House of Others, premiered in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking home the Grand Prix and becoming Georgia’s candidate in the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was screened around the world in official selections and special programs, and awarded at many International Film Festivals.