Position

Faculty of arts science, media and management of Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Film of Georgia; Head of the department of mass communication, Professor;

Education; Academic /Scientific degree, title

  1. Shota Rustaveli State Institute of Theater and Cinema, theatre historian;
  2. PhD, Doctor of Arts, Professor.

Work experience:

  1. The head of the department of mass communication of faculty of arts science, media and management of Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Film, Professor - 2012-till present;
  2. Author and supervisor of bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in the field of mass communication and media studies - until now;
  3. Georgian Public Broadcaster - Head of Archives - 2015-till present;
  4. Georgian Public Broadcaster, host of morning and afternoon programs - until now;
  5. Associate Professor of journalism of faculty of social and political sciences of Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University;
  6. Manager of the master program "Media criticism" of the faculty of art history of Ap. Kutateladze State Academy of Arts;
  7. Magazine "Theater and Life" - Head of the publicism department;
  8. Georgian television and radio broadcasting State Corporation - production group "Art" - deputy editor-in-Chief;
  9. Georgian TV and Radio Broadcasting - TV company "First Channel" News-Analytical Program "End of the Day" Team manager;
  10. Georgian TV and Radio Broadcasting - "First Channel" TV company - production group "Day", General Producer;
  11. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian-English magazine "Free Time Color";
  12. Mze TV company - Main producer and host of news program "Vision-Culture";
  13. Public Broadcaster - General producer of Morning and Day programs;
  14. Public Broadcaster - Deputy general director in the field of TV broadcasting;

Textbooks, monographs

  1. Textbook: "TV and Radio Journalism, part. I TV Journalism "Tbilisi, 2008; SBN 978-9941-9004-2-6
  2. Textbook: "Television Producer", Tbilisi, 2016; ISBN 978-9941-9401-8-7
  3. Monograph - "1918-20. Georgian press on theatrical reform (Giorgi Jabadari Studio) "- 2019; ISBN 978-9941-9572-6-0
  4. Collection of scientific works "Culture in Media" Co-author, Scientific Supervisor – 2019; ISBN 978-9941-9630-6-3
  5. Textboock: „Interview“, Tbilisi, 2024; ISBN 978-9941-9881-5-8

Important publications

  1. „From TV Theater to TV Series";
  2. "Birth and death of a hero in the Soviet era (Vakhtang Chabukiani and his historical period)";
  3. European culture and Georgian television;
  4. "Myth as a determinant of the political agenda and The role of the media in the process of establishing new myths ";
  5. "Main Trends in the Transition to the Western Model of Post-Soviet Television News Production";
  6. "Postmodernism and Georgian TV Media";
  7. "Soviet Propaganda of Channel I of Post-Soviet Russia";
  8. "Culture instead of ideology?;
  9. "Georgian analogues of foreign talk show as an attempt to establish pseudo-democratic values in modern Georgian television";

Qualification raising courses, trainings, seminars

  1. Caucasus International University - Scientific-Practical Seminar – 2017
  2. United Nations Population Fund, Media Training - Sensitive Reporting: Gender Coexistence and Reproductive Health and Rights - 2012
  3. Training of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Journalism Academy - "Training for Trainers"- 2015
  4. Training of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Journalism Academy for active journalists of the Public Broadcaster, "Fundamentals of Journalism" course Trainer of the Academy – 2016
  5. Has successfully completed the training course a 20-hour online course on the audiovisual media archiving chain and the methods & strategies to valorize media archives for different audiences. Exclusive online content developed and delivered by the Institut national de l’audiovisuel (France) – 2022
  6. Association for Science - Information Technologies for Sienists; - 2025;

Participation in grant / contract projects

  1. Project "Orientation" of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports of Georgia and Youth - Student Scientific Conference and Competition, "Coverage of Arts and Culture in the Media" - Project Manager - 2019-2020
  2. Grant project of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports of Georgia and Youth - "Orientation" - Promotion of art education - Collection of scientific-research works "Culture in Media" - Project manager, scientific director and co-author of the collection - 2018-2019

Cooperation with foreign scientific centers

  1. CERTIFICATE - Training of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Journalism Academy - "Training for Trainers". 2015
  2. CERTIFICATE - Training of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Journalism Academy for active journalists of the Public Broadcaster, "Fundamentals of Journalism" course Trainer of the Academy – 2016
  3. CERTIFICATE - Has successfully completed the training course a 20-hour online course on the audiovisual media archiving chain and the methods & strategies to valorize media archives for different audiences. Exclusive online content developed and delivered by the Institut national de l’audiovisuel (France) - 2022
  4. CERTIFICATE – The American Academy for International Multimedia Journalism Educators Program - (MEP) - Chicago - 2022
  5. CERTIFICATE –Information Technologies for Sienists; Association for Science - 2025;

Award, prize

  1. International Journalism Award "Golden Wing";
  2. Kote Marjanishvili Award;
  3. Award "Best Critical Work of the Year"

Additional information

He is the producer, author, director, host of five television documentaries. author, producer, host of many television and radio programs;