Levan Shengeliya was born on December 1, 1921 in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR as Levan Aleksandrovich Shengeliya. He was a production designer and director, known for Osenniy marafon (1979), Taras Shevchenko (1951) and Infinitas (1992). He died on September 12, 2009 in Moscow, Russia.