FILM DIRECTOR

Sergei Gerasimov

1906 - 1985

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Sergei Apollinariyevich Gerasimov (21 May 1906 – 26 November 1985) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. The oldest film school in the world, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), bears his name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Gerasimov is the 632nd most popular film director (down from 624th in 2019), the 1,142nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,170th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sergei Gerasimov ranks 632 out of 2,041. Before him are Lewis Gilbert, Carmine Gallone, Sergei Bodrov, Paul Mazursky, Gustav von Wangenheim, and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. After him are Avi Arad, Joe Johnston, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Bernd Eichinger, Natacha Rambova, and Andrew Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Sergei Gerasimov ranks 182. Before him are James Quinn, Jean Leray, Walter Legge, René Huyghe, William J. Brennan Jr., and Igor Moiseyev. After him are Harry Hammond Hess, Paul Sacher, Nils Axelsson, Rolf Singer, Ulanhu, and Fazıl Küçük. Among people deceased in 1985, Sergei Gerasimov ranks 122. Before him are Robert Surtees, Julia Robinson, Omayra Sánchez, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Gale Sondergaard, and Gaston Rébuffat. After him are Helene Engelmann, Enrique Fernández Viola, Samantha Smith, Salvador Espriu, Pavel Batov, and Victor Capesius.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Gerasimov ranks 1,142 out of 3,761. Before him are Yemelyan Yaroslavsky (1878), Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900), Gevork Vartanian (1924), Boris Stürmer (1848), Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669), and Alexander Alyabyev (1787). After him are Valery Nepomnyashchy (1943), Alexander Yakovlev (1923), Oleg Protopopov (1932), Konstantin Novoselov (1974), Olga Baclanova (1893), and Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia (1825).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Sergei Gerasimov ranks 21. Before him are Sergei Yutkevich (1904), Yakov Protazanov (1881), Boris Barnet (1902), Yuri Norstein (1941), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), and Sergei Bodrov (1948). After him are Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Fedor Ozep (1895), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Ivan Pyryev (1901), Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), and Yevgeni Bauer (1865).

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