People's artist of the Georgian SSR (1979). He graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of arts (1931). 1935 — production designer feature film.
Honored art worker of the Georgian SSR (1961). In 1930-1935, he has designed productions in theaters from 1935 - in movie. Artist films: "Kagiana" (1941), "Giorgi Saakadze" (1942, together with others), "Conquerors of the peaks" (1952), "Masters of the Georgian ballet" (1956), "a Song of Eteri", "Bashi-Achuki" (both 1957), "Mamluk" (1959), "General and Daisy" (1964), "Abessalom and Eteri" (1967), etc.