Lana Gogoberidze

[2] Her father, Levan Gogoberidze, was murdered as a part of the Great Purge in 1937, while her mother was sent to a prison camp for twelve years.

She also wanted to become a director, but the relevant education was not accessible to her because both her parents were being politically persecuted.

She instead studied English and American literature, including the work of Walt Whitman, at Tbilisi State University.

[3] Following the death of Stalin, she could go on to study at the Department of Film-making of Moscow State University, from which she graduated in 1958.

[4] Gogoberidze headed the Director's Studio at the Rustaveli Theatre School, Tbilisi, in 1975.