Education
Saint St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television.
Actor director film editor screenwriter
Saint St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television.
From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev (often jointly credited as the Vasilyev brothers) he co-directed several films, including the influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev (1934). His 1942 film The Defence of Tsaritsyn concerns the 1918 Battle for Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War, a battle in which Joseph Stalin played a prominent role. In 1942, Tsaritsyn, by then renamed Stalingrad, was in the midst of the decisive Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point of the Second World War.
People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1948).
People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1948) Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1940) Stalin Prizes; first class (1941) – for the film Chapaev (1934) first class (1942) – for the 1st series of the film The Defence of Tsaritsyn (1941) Two Orders of Lenin (1935, 1950) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1954) Order of the Red Star (1944) Medal "Foreign Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (1945) Best Director at Cannes (1955) – for the film Heroes of Shipka (the film was nominated for the Palme d"Or).
Cinematographers’ Union of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
