| All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (VGIK) | |
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| Всероссийский государственный университет кинематографии имени С.А.Герасимова (ВГИК) | |
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| Established | 1919 |
| Type | Film school |
| President | Alexander Novikov |
| Rector | Vladimir Malyshev |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.vgik.info |
The All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (Russian: Всероссийский государственный университет кинематографии имени С.А.Герасимова), VGIK, is a film school in Moscow. It was founded by the film director Vladimir Gardin in 1919 and is, according to the institute, the oldest film school in the world.[1] During Soviet times the film school was known as All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Russian: Всесоюзный государственный институт кинематографии). Famous film directors such as Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Aleksey Batalov were among its distinguished faculty. Notable alumni include Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov,Elem Klimov,Sergei Bondarchuk and Alexander Sokurov. The film school is named after the film director and actor Sergei Gerasimov since 1986. In 2008 the institute became an university.
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Alumni
- Avdotya Alexandrova
- Ilya Puzikov
- Natalya Andrejchenko
- Siddiq Barmak
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Frank Daniel - First foreigner to be accepted
- Aleksandr Fyodorov
- Leonid Gaidai
- Marina Goldovskaya
- Otar Iosseliani
- Evgenii Kharitonov
- Pavel Khodnev
- Elem Klimov
- Marlen Khutsiev
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Veniamin Kostitsin
- Alim Kouliev
- Eldar Kuliev
- Pavel Lebeshev
- Ilya Leutin
- Vladimir Menshov
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Karina Alexander
- Kira Muratova
- Vladimir Nakhabtsev
- Anton Nefedov
- Alexander Tananov
- Rashid Nugmanov
- Sergei Parajanov
- Aleksandr Petrov
- Juris Podnieks
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Eldar Shengelaya
- Vladimir Shevelkov
- Vasily Shukshin
- Aleksandr Sokurov
- Sergey Solovyov
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Mikhail Vartanov
- Natalya Vavilova
- Việt Linh
- Konrad Wolf
- Roger Nevares
Faculty
- Aleksey Batalov
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Alexander Dovzhenko
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Sergei Gerasimov
- Marlen Khutsiev
- Evgeniy Matveyev
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Mikhail Romm
- Vadim Yusov
References
- ^ "Историческая справка" (in Russian). Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. http://www.vgik.info/index.php?id=historyinformation. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
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