Nika Agiashvili

Writer director and producer Nika Agiashvilis Punch It Films production company launched at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival alongside former UFC Middleweight champion turned actor Michael Bisping and Storyman Pictures the directors joint outfit with George Finn and producer John Edward Lee Nika Agiashvili is a GeorgianAmerican filmmaker based in Los Angeles California Named after his grandfather a famous Georgian novelist Nika Agiashvili grew up in a family of writers and filmmakers At the age of five he was cast as a lead in the feature film Modi vilaparakot 1986 where he developed a fascination with the magic of moviemaking Spending time on sets and film productions alongside his father David Agiashvili the youngest senior editor and editorinchief of the animated association of a film studio Georgian Film and the editorinchief of the main Georgian Television Film company he played a pivotal role in nurturing Nikas passion for filmmaking After relocating to Los Angeles Nika wrote produced and directed his debut feature film The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert in 2009 which played at numerous film festivals His subsequent project A Green Story featured a cast including Ed ORoss George Finn Billy Zane Annabella Sciorra Shannon Elizabeth and Malcolm McDowell which premiered at the prestigious Egyptian theater as the opening night film at the 6th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival before it was theatrically released worldwide in 2013 In 2014 Nika wrote directed and produced Tbilisi I Love You as part of Emmanuel Benbihys Cities of Love franchise following the success of Paris je taime and New York I Love You The omnibus starred Ron Perlman Malcolm McDowell George Finn Sarah Dumont and numerous prominent Georgian actors and actresses The film was released worldwide after having its North American premiere at the 10th Annual South East European Film Festival In 2018 Agiashvili wrote and executiveproduced Daughter of the Wolf starring twotime Academy Award Winner Richard Dreyfuss Gina Carano and Brendan Fehr The film received a worldwide release in 2019 and garnered three Canadian Screen Awards Nominations Continuing his creative journey Agiashvili wrote and directed the short film Delilah in 2021 featuring Rainey Qualley George Finn and Timothy V Murphy which was shown at over sixty film festivals winning over thirty awards in numerous categories In 2025 Nika wrote and directed the feature film Atlas King starring former UFC champion Michael Bisping Cuba Gooding Jr George Finn Anne Winters Sarah Waybe Callies and Lara Wolf Saban Films bought the US distribution rights at the European Film Market in 2026 with Highland Film Group selling worldwide rights to the film