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Sergei Gerasimov

1906-05-08 – 1985-11-26

Сергей Аполлинариевич Герасимов, депутат Верховного Совета СССРCredit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Sergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov (Russian: Сергей Аполлинариевич Герасимов; 21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was a Soviet film director, actor, screenwriter, and pedagogue. The oldest film school in the world, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), bears his name.

Occupation & Career

film director, screenwriter, actor, film actor, politician, pedagogue, teacher, playwright

Education

Russian State Institute of Performing Arts

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

USSR State Prize; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Red Star; Order of the October Revolution; People's Artist of the USSR; Order of the White Lion; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Lenin Komsomol Prize; Lenin Prize; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"; Stalin Prize, 2nd degree; State Stalin Prize, 1st degree; Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Hero of Socialist Labour · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" · Lenin Komsomol Prize · Lenin Prize · Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" · Medal "Veteran of Labour" · Order of Lenin · Order of the October Revolution · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of the Red Star · Order of the White Lion · People's Artist of the USSR · Stalin Prize, 2nd degree · State Stalin Prize, 1st degree · USSR State Prize