1 April] 1870 — 14 May 1959) was a Georgian/Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor, and People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1949).

In 1920 Ivan Perestiani moved to Tbilisi, becoming one of the founding fathers of Georgian cinematography.

In 1921, he staged the first Soviet Georgian historical and revolutionary film Arsen Jorjiashvili a.k.a.

The silent black-and-white movie Tsiteli eshmakunebi (Russian title Krasnye dyavolyata (Red Devils)) that he staged in 1923 basing on the novel by Pavel Blyakhin is considered as one of his best film director's works.

For his achievements he was awarded with three orders and the honorary title of People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1949.