Merab Ninidze (Georgian: მáƒ"რრáƒ' ნინიძáƒ"; born 3
November 1965 in Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia) is a Georgian actor. He is
best known for the role as Walter Redlich in Nowhere in Africa.Merab
Ninidze was born on November 3rd 1965 in Tbilisi, Georgia (Former
USSR). He grew up in an artistic family. His grandmother, Zeinab
Ghoghoberidze, was a music teacher and introduced him to music, and he
then went on to study classical music for seven years. His
grandfather, Sergo Akhaladze, was a theatre director, and Ninidze was
involved in theatre from a very young age. From 1972 to 1982 he
attended Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium.At the age of thirteen, Ninidze
auditioned for the part of Prince Edward in Shakespeare's Richard III
at Rustaveli State Academic Theater in Tbilisi, which was directed by
Robert Sturua and premiered in 1979. The production had great success,
touring the UK three times, taking part in Edinburgh Festival, Glasgow
Mayfest and The Roundhouse in London. From 1982 to 1985 he studied
acting at Shota Rustaveli Theater and Georgia State Film University
under the tutelage of Gizo Jordania, which led to him becoming a
full-time member of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Company and successful
collaborations in many of Jordania's later productions, such as The
Diary of Anne Frank in 1989, David Kldiashvili’s Step-Mother in
1989, which toured the UK in 1989â€"1990, and Hamlet in 1992. After
Hamlet premiered in 1992, Civil War broke out in Georgia leading to
his emigration, and he only returned to the theatre stage playing
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice in 2003 (dir. Levan Tsuladze). He
also took part in Georg Büchner’s Leonce and Lena (dir. Nana
Kvaskhvadze) in 1991.Ninidze's first film role was in Tengiz
Abuladze’s 1984 film Repentance, which won three prizes at the 40th
Cannes Film Festival, including the Grand Prize of the Jury. Since
then he has appeared in films by many Georgian directors. As the Civil
War broke out in Georgia, he was offered the opportunity to work with
Austrian director Goran Rebic. He spent several months in Vienna
playing a Serbian war survivor in Rebic’s film Yugofilm, which
subsequently led to his emigration at the age of 25.
November 1965 in Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia) is a Georgian actor. He is
best known for the role as Walter Redlich in Nowhere in Africa.Merab
Ninidze was born on November 3rd 1965 in Tbilisi, Georgia (Former
USSR). He grew up in an artistic family. His grandmother, Zeinab
Ghoghoberidze, was a music teacher and introduced him to music, and he
then went on to study classical music for seven years. His
grandfather, Sergo Akhaladze, was a theatre director, and Ninidze was
involved in theatre from a very young age. From 1972 to 1982 he
attended Tbilisi Classical Gymnasium.At the age of thirteen, Ninidze
auditioned for the part of Prince Edward in Shakespeare's Richard III
at Rustaveli State Academic Theater in Tbilisi, which was directed by
Robert Sturua and premiered in 1979. The production had great success,
touring the UK three times, taking part in Edinburgh Festival, Glasgow
Mayfest and The Roundhouse in London. From 1982 to 1985 he studied
acting at Shota Rustaveli Theater and Georgia State Film University
under the tutelage of Gizo Jordania, which led to him becoming a
full-time member of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Company and successful
collaborations in many of Jordania's later productions, such as The
Diary of Anne Frank in 1989, David Kldiashvili’s Step-Mother in
1989, which toured the UK in 1989â€"1990, and Hamlet in 1992. After
Hamlet premiered in 1992, Civil War broke out in Georgia leading to
his emigration, and he only returned to the theatre stage playing
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice in 2003 (dir. Levan Tsuladze). He
also took part in Georg Büchner’s Leonce and Lena (dir. Nana
Kvaskhvadze) in 1991.Ninidze's first film role was in Tengiz
Abuladze’s 1984 film Repentance, which won three prizes at the 40th
Cannes Film Festival, including the Grand Prize of the Jury. Since
then he has appeared in films by many Georgian directors. As the Civil
War broke out in Georgia, he was offered the opportunity to work with
Austrian director Goran Rebic. He spent several months in Vienna
playing a Serbian war survivor in Rebic’s film Yugofilm, which
subsequently led to his emigration at the age of 25.
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