Sergei Gerasimov (film director)

Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov (Russian: Серге́й Апполина́риевич Гера́симов; 21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. The oldest film school in the world, the VGIK, bears his name.

Sergei Gerasimov
Sergei Gerasimov
Born
Sergei Appolinarievich Gerasimov

(1906-05-21)21 May 1906
Kundravy, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia)
Died26 November 1985(1985-11-26) (aged 79)
Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, actor
Years active1924–1985
Spouse(s)Tamara Makarova

Gerasimov started his film industry career as an actor in 1924. At first he appeared in Kozintsev and Trauberg films, such as The Overcoat and The New Babylon. Later, he was commissioned to produce screen versions of the literary classics of socialist realism. His epic screenings of Alexander Fadeyev's The Young Guard (1948) and Mikhail Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don (1957–58) were extolled by the authorities as exemplary.

During several decades of their teaching in the VGIK Gerasimov and his wife Tamara Makarova prepared many generations of Russian actors. In his last film Gerasimov played Leo Tolstoy, while Makarova was cast as Tolstoy's wife. Gerasimov is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery of Moscow.

Moscow Film Festival

Gerasimov was the President of the Jury at the 1959,[1] 1965,[2] 1969[3] and the 1985[4] Moscow International Film Festival. He was a member of the jury in 1961[5] and 1971.[6]

In 1967 his film The Journalist won the Grand Prix at the 1967 festival.[7]

Awards and honours
Sergei Gerasimov and playwright Georgrii Mdivani tour Disneyland, 1958

Filmography
Director
Actor
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See also

References
  1. "1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. "4th Moscow International Film Festival (1965)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  5. "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  6. "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  7. "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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