The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning
''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a
film school
A film school is an educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training are ...
in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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.
History
The institute was founded in
1919
Events
January
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by the film director
Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin 28 May 1965, born Blagonravov) Great Soviet Encyclopedia From 1934 to 1991 the film school was known as the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography ().
Film directors taught at the institute include
Lev Kuleshov
Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (; – 29 March 1970) was a Russian and Soviet filmmaker and Film theory, film theorist, one of the founders of the world's first film school, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Moscow Film School. He was g ...
,
Marlen Khutsiev
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,
Aleksey Batalov
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,
Sergei Eisenstein
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,
Mikhail Romm
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Life and career Early life
He was born in Irkutsk into a family of mixed Russian Jewish ...
and
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin ( rus, Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, p=ˈfsʲevələt ɪl(ː)ərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn; 28 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and acto ...
.
Since 1986, the school has been named after the film director and actor Sergei Gerasimov.
The founding of the institute was authorized by
Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...
in 1919. Its work in the early years was hampered by a shortage of film stock. It has a history as one of the oldest film schools in existence; many film directors have taught at the institute. During the period of the Soviet Union it was a requirement of the state to attend VGIK in order to be allowed to direct a film. More recently, its alumni were drawn both from the USSR (Soviet Union) and from other socialist and other countries, though it was a requirement for students to first learn Russian prior to attending. It is among the few film schools which offer scriptwriting courses.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:
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Tengiz Abuladze
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Biography
Abuladze studie ...
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Sitora Alieva
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Dhimitër Anagnosti
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Natalya Andrejchenko
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Anders Banke
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Siddiq Barmak
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Aimée Beekman
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Vladimir Beekman
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Sergei Bondarchuk
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Lucian Bratu
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Valentin Chernykh
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Sofiko Chiaureli
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Revaz Chkheidze
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Grigory Chukhray
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Yuri Chulyukin
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Frank Daniel
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Georgi Djulgerov
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Career
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Nikolai Ekk
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Natalya Fateyeva
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Natalya Nikolayevna Fatey ...
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Yan Frid
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Leonid Gaidai
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Aleksei Alekseivich German
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Biography
Aleksei German is a son of Ru ...
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Marina Goldovskaya
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Early life and education
Her father worked with Eisenstein in starting the VGIK.
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Go ...
Stanislav Govorukhin
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Lyudmila Gurchenko
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Iris Gusner
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Jerzy Hoffman
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Hoffman is best known for his works in ''The Deluge (film), The Deluge'' (1974) ...
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Rustam Ibragimbekov
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Otar Iosseliani
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Viktor Ivanov
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Roman Karmen
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Edmond Keosayan
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* 1952-54 — worked in Yerevan watch factory. 1954-56 — studied in Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, ...
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Ilya Khrzhanovsky
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Marlen Khutsiev
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Naum Kleiman
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Elem Klimov
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Andrei Konchalovsky
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Alim Kouliev
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Lev Kulidzhanov
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Eldar Kuliev
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Savva Kulish
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Leida Laius
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Pavel Lebeshev
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Jay Leyda
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Việt Linh
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Sergei Loznitsa
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Mohammad Malas
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Rachel Messerer
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Márta Mészáros
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Nikita Mikhalkov
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Aleksandr Misharin
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Alexander Mitta
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Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich (). He studied engineering (graduated in 1955), then wor ...
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Kira Muratova
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Rodion Nakhapetov
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Khodzha Kuli Narliyev
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Narliev gradua ...
Rufina Nifontova
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Rufina Nifontova was born in Moscow in a family with Greek roots.
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Mikko Niskanen
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Rashid Nugmanov
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Arsha Ovanesova
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Arsha Ovanesova was born in either Shusha or Baku in the Russian Empire. A ...
Sergei Parajanov
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Gennadi Poloka
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Galina Polskikh
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Vsevolod Pudovkin
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Irma Raush
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Eldar Ryazanov
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Samson Samsonov
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Samson Samsonov graduated from Gerasimov Insti ...
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Abderrahmane Sissako
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Mikhail Schweitzer
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Karen Shakhnazarov
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Giorgi Shengelaia
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Larisa Shepitko
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Vasily Shukshin
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Sjumandjaja
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Aleksandr Sokurov
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Elena Solovey
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Andrei Tarkovsky
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Viktoriya Tokareva
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Alexei Uchitel
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Mikhail Vartanov
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He is considere ...
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Natalya Vavilova
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Natalya Vavilova started her career as an actress at the age of fourteen. She appeared in several pictures in supporting roles.
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Luz Valdez
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The Valdez screen name was given to her in 1958 by Narcisa de Leon, producer and co-founder of LVN Pictures, as she felt that M ...
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Oleg Vidov
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Gheorghe Vodă
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Eduard Volodarsky
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Konrad Wolf
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Francheska Yarbusova
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In 2015-2016, the Institute featured the following faculties:
*Directing Faculty
*Acting Faculty
*Arts Faculty
*Filming Faculty
*Animation and Multimedia Faculty
*Scripting and Film Studies Faculty
*Production and Economics Faculty
*Inter-faculty departments and labs:
**Department of History and Philosophy
**Department of Cultural Theory, History and Esthetics
**Laboratory of Film Drama
**Laboratory of Painting and Drawing
**Laboratory of Arts
**Laboratory of International Film History
**Laboratory of Classical and Stop-motion Animation
**Laboratory of Computer Graphics and Multimedia
References
External links
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Russian language
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Russian language
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