death_date death_place birth_place image_caption birth_date image article_title name occupation
1 december 1977 tbilisi , georgia kutaisi , georgia vasil amashukeli and akaki tsereteli 14 march 1886 აკაკი წერეთელი , ვასილ ამაშუკელი.jpg vasil amashukeli
 vasil amashukeli ვასილ ამაშუკელი cameramen , director
vasil amashukeli

vasil amashukeli -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- march 14 , 1886 , kutaisi -- december 1 , 1977 , tbilisi -rrb- was an early georgian film director and cinematographer who worked in the cinema of azerbaijan and georgia .
he studied at vasil tamarashvili art school in kutaisi .
in 1908 he graduated from moscow division courses of french film firm `` gomon '' .
amashukeli is the first georgian documentary director .
in 1907 amashukeli working in baku made several films of oil production in the capital including the extracting process .
his films included `` bakı bazarlarının tipləri '' -lrb- types of bakuvian bazaars - short documentary -rrb- , `` daş kömür daşınması '' -lrb- transportation of coal -rrb- , `` dəniz kənarında gəzinti '' -lrb- seaside walk -rrb- , `` neft buruqlarında iş '' -lrb- work at oil derricks -rrb- , and `` neftin çıxarılması '' -lrb- oil extraction -rrb- all filmed in 1907 .
then he made several films between 1908 and 1912 .
these included : `` nakhet tqveni sakhe '' , `` gaseirneba zgvis sanapiroze '' -lrb- walking on the beach -rrb- -lrb- 1908 -rrb- , `` qutaisis peizajebi '' -lrb- sides of city qutaisi -rrb- , `` qutaisis parki '' -lrb- park of qutaisi -rrb- -lrb- 1911 -rrb- and `` akakis mogzauroba '' -lrb- journey of akaki -rrb- in 1912 , that is the unique monument of georgian documentary art .
this film let to the outbreak of the georgia documentary cinematography .
the memories of vasil amashukeli about the journey of akaki tsereteli in racha-lechkhumi , together with the photos taken during the journey , are preserved at the department of literature and art of the central archive of the contemporary history of the national archives of georgia .
