- Shay Laren
Shay Laren (born 31 December, 1985, in Georgia, U.S.) is an American model and was the "Penthouse" Pet of the Month for June 2006. Laren is the eldest of four children. Her mother became pregnant with her in high school, and her father was shipped off in the military. Laren has said that he knows that she exists but he apparently doesn't care and has never come around to see her. She was an army brat, growing up in a number of military bases across the world.
- Danielle Panabaker
Danielle Nicole Panabaker (born September 19, 1987) is an American film and television actress.
- Otar Iosseliani
Otar Iosseliani (Georgian "ოთარ იოსელიანი"; born February 2 1934 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian-French film maker. Due to censorship, his films were repeatedly banned in the USSR, inducing Ioseliani to migrate to France in 1982. Iosseliani's first full-length motion picture, "November" (1966) ("Giorgobistve"), won a FIPRESCI-prize at the Cannes Film Festival. His film "Pastorale", after it was finished in 1976, was not released, …
- Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Russian poet, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Futurism.
- Georgi Daneliya
Georgi Daneliya (Georgian: გიორგი დანელია Giorgi Daneliya, ; born Tbilisi, 25 August 1930) is a Russian film director of Georgian descent, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his sad comedies (as he styles them), bittersweet as the life itself. Daneliya graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked as an architect.
- Paula Blackton
Paula Blackton (Paula Hilburn) a.k.a. Paula Dean (1 August 1881 - 27 March 1930) was a silent-screen actress and film director.
- Mikheil Gelovani
Mikheil Georgievich Gelovani (in Russian "Михаил Георгиевич Геловани", January 6, 1893 - December 21, 1956) was a Georgian actor born in Lasuria, who played Joseph Stalin in a series of propaganda films in the 1930s and 1940s. He was picked by Stalin in 1938 after he was impressed with his performance as Stalin in "Diadi Gantiadi". Because of this film Stalin ordered that he was to only act as Stalin.
- Henrik Malyan
Henrik Malyan (September 30, 1925 in Telavi, Georgia - March 14, 1988 in Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian film director.
- Kenneth Terrell
- Robert Anthony Golden
It was revealed for the first time by film historian Jeffrey Vance (in the June 2006 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Silent Film Gala program book for Safety Last!) that Golden routinely doubled for Harold Lloyd between 1921-1927. Heretofore, he was merely credited as Lloyd's assistant director.
- Kelley Sims
Born in the rural Georgia town of Murrayville. His father was a carpenter and his mother was a government employee. Kelley moved to London at the age of 19 to pursue his acting career. There he attended Lee Strasberg under Marianna Hill and Michael Billington. He then moved to New York City where he was trained under Catherine Gaffigan. He eventually moved to Wilmington, North Carolina where he landed his first acting job in Stephen King's The Night Flier (1997). He soon pursued his...
- Harvey Flaxman
The idea for Grizzly (1976) was from a scary camping trip Flaxman had encountered during childhood. With that small story he and friend David Sheldon wrote the script for Grizzly with Christopher George, Andrew Prine and Richard Jaeckel in lead roles. The movie was directed by William Girdler. It was the highest-grossing film of 1976.
- Tom Byrd
Born in Georgia, Byrd earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Morris Brown College and later received a master of fine arts degree in dance from California Institute of the Arts. He has starred in numerous regional stage productions including the San Diego Repertory Theater's award-winning performance of "Spunk". He has also starred in "Home" by Samm-Art Evans, "Two Trains Running", "The Piano Lesson" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Alliance Theater, "Flyin' West",...
- Levani Uchaneishvili
His former fiancée is the famous Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina, who competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Has a son, Vladislav, born July 21 2005 in Los Angeles, California.
- Irakli Kvirikadze
Graduated from Moscow Film Institute, 1970.
- Frank Jr
Has a dorm building at Georgia Tech named after him. He was awarded a degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, but was given the degree under the direction that he "never become one and show the world how wrong I was" by the Dean. His father, Y. Frank Freeman, went on to head Paramount Studios, where he earned the nickname "God". While at Paramount, his father, Y. Frank Freeman walked his pet dogs on the lot and often bragged about his Coca-Cola stock. He reportedly inspired...
- M Kutsiyev
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1980.
- Rezo Parmenovich Esadze
In 1956, graduated from Tbilisi State University (physico-mathematical faculty). Graduated from Moscow VGIK (group tutor Mikhail Romm) in 1964. Former teacher of Lasha Dardagany in University of Tbilisi.
- Dmitri Tsintsadze
Studied under Eldar Shengelaya and Otar Iosseliani at the Institute for Theatre and Film in Tbilisi. [1975-1981]
- Don Fleming
Former frontman for the Velvet Monkeys.
- Christopher Glynn Carver
Attended college at Georgia College & State University.
- Eleanore Vogel
A Broadway actress for several years, she went to Hollywood in 1923 and played uncredited roles in approximately 200 films and television shows. She was the sister of actress Jacqueline Patton.
- Kenneth M Thomas
Lead singer of music group Cornbread based in Columbus, Georgia. Served with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from 1991 to 1997, and fought in the Battle of the Black Sea in Mogadishu, Somalia. Received the Bronze Star for Valor. Nickname is Cornbread because he was about the only one who loved the cornbread from MREs when he was serving in the military. The guys he served with started calling him that and giving him their cornbread. Released his album 'Flags of Our Fathers' in 2005;...
- Craig Gilmore
Craig Gilmore is a storyboard artist, production illustrator, concept artist, animator, and comic book artist. He is the founder and artist of Film Shots Studio in Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA. He actively produces work for the major and indy motion picture, television, video game, animation, and comic book industries and has been doing so for 18 years. His clients include (but are not limited to): NBC television, Universal Pictures, Rogue Pictures, CW Network, Boulevard Films...
- Sandra Dorsey
Runs a theatre acting school called "Dorsey Studios". Related to Joe Dorsey and Alexander J. Dorsey.
- Nana Givievna Dzhordzhadze
Nana was born in Tblisi, Georgia, then part of the Soviet Union. She studied architecture in her home town and was an architect from 1968 to 1973. From 1974, she drew closer to the movie world and studied cinema at the Tbilisi film school. She did several jobs on the set (costumer, set designer, actress) but what she favored was film direction and she made several films, often shorts, before winning the "Caméra d'Or" Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. She is one of the leading...
- Aghasi Ayvazyan
In 1942 he entered the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi, and later studied in the Faculty of Philology of Georgian University. In 1945 he continued his education in Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts. By 1954 he had started to publish articles in the Armenian newspapers in Tbilisi and later in Yerevan. In 1959 he published his first book and in 1965 moved to Yerevan and worked for the newspaper "Grakan Tert." Between 1973 and 1980 he editor of "Screen" magazine, and in the early 90s edited...
- M.G. Moore
Matthew Geczy was born in Georgia but being an army brat had a nomadic childhood. He graduated from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1982 where incidentally he played the role of Atticus in the school's production "To Kill a Mockingbird" playing opposite Dermot Mulroney as Jem. This is also where he met his longtime friend, Katherine Boo, Pulitzer Prize winning writer of wrongs. After graduating from high school Matthew said farewell to a respected agent in New York...
- Sunny Lane
Certified Yoga and Pilates Instructor. Measurements: 34C-24-34. Former Professional Ice Skater.
- Levan Zaqareishvili
He studied geology in college, but graduated in 1985 from the Screenwriting and Directing College in Moscow, where he was taught by Andrei Tarkovsky. Is a professor at the film faculty in his Georgian hometown of Tbilisi.
- Lana Gogoberidze
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1984
- Pretty Boy Floyd
One of seven children of dirt-poor Georgia farmers, Charles Arthur Floyd was born on February 3, 1904. His family moved to Oklahoma shortly after his birth, where they bought a small farm. Their luck was no better in Oklahoma than it was in Georgia, and drought, plagues of insects and devastating dust storms combined to keep them just barely out of the poorhouse. When Floyd was 16 he married, had a son and left the farm looking for work, but was unable to find any. Desperate to keep his...
- Virginia Ridley
Her husband, Alvin Ridley was acquitted of charges that he held her captive in their home for nearly 3 decades, then killed her.
- Randy Rose
May 13, 2005--Wrestle Birmingham: He defeated Lee Thomas. He and Dennis Condrey defeated Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee for the AWA World Tag Team titles on October 26, 1987, in Memphis, Tennessee. They would have a two month title reign, losing the titles to the returning "Midnight Rockers" (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) on December 27, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was also very involved with charity work during his wrestling career and tried to use his status as a pro wrestler to...
- Kelly Lynn Sabo
Penthouse Pet 1993 Measurements: 36D-25-36. She was once a cheerleaders for the Atlanta Hawks basketball team.
- Daniel Carver
Frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio program. Member of the Ku Klux Klan. Used to do movie reviews for the Howard Stern show, giving each movie reviewed a rating between one and four burning crosses. Is a frequent poster on the Howard Stern bulletin board.
- Carr Thompson
Older brother of Callie Thompson.
- K Makhazadze
Best friend of Zurab Laperadze. Father of Maka Makharadze. Was one of the greatest TV commentators in Georgia.
- Ralph Hurst
- Austin Whitlock
Austin has a brother and sister who are also actors, Tanner Blaze and Destiny Whitlock.