Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (VGIK)
Всероссийский государственный университет кинематографии имени С.А.Герасимова (ВГИК)
Established	1919 (by Vladimir Gardin)
Type	Film school
President	Alexander Novikov
Rector	Vladimir Malyshev
Location	Moscow, Russia
Campus	Urban
Former names	All-Union State Institute of Cinematography
Website	vgik.info (in Russian language)

The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (Russian: Всероссийский государственный университет кинематографии имени С.А.Герасимова, meaning All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), VGIK for short, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.

History

The institute was founded in 1919 by the film director Vladimir Gardin and is, according to its own claims, the oldest film school in the world.^[1] From 1934 to 1991 the film school was known as the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Russian: Всесоюзный государственный институт кинематографии).

Film directors who have taught at the institute include Aleksey Batalov, Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin. Alumni include Sergei Bondarchuk, Elem Klimov, Sergei Parajanov, Alexander Sokurov and Andrei Tarkovsky.

Since 1986 the school has been named after the film director and actor Sergei Gerasimov.

In 2008 the institute became a university.

Alumni

Karina Alexander Avdotya Alexandrova Dhimitër Anagnosti 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 Marlen Khutsiev Elem Klimov Andrei Konchalovsky Veniamin Kostitsin Alim Kouliev Eldar Kuliev Pavel Lebeshev Ilya Leutin Việt Linh

Vladimir Menshov Nikita Mikhalkov Kira Muratova Vladimir Nakhabtsev Elena Kartseva Anton Nefedov Roger Nevares Rashid Nugmanov Yuri Ozerov Sergei Parajanov Aleksandr Petrov Juris Podnieks Ilya Puzikov Eduard Rozovsky[2]

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Shengelaya Vladimir Shevelkov Vasily Shukshin Aleksandr Sokurov Sergey Solovyov Alexander Tananov Andrei Tarkovsky Mikhail Vartanov Natalya Vavilova Konrad Wolf Shapi Kaziev Vytautas Žalakevičius Roman Zawadski

Faculty

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Aleksey Batalov Sergei Bondarchuk Alexander Dovzhenko

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Gerasimov Marlen Khutsiev

Yevgeny Matveyev Vsevolod Pudovkin Mikhail Romm

Vadim Yusov

References

1. ^ "Историческая справка" (in Russian language). Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. http://www.vgik.info/index.php?id=historyinformation. Retrieved 2 September 2008. 
2. ^ "Legendary cameraman Eduard Rozovsky died in road accident". ITAR-TASS. 2011-07-27. http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/193305.html. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 

External links

• vgik.info, Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography's official website (in Russian language)
• vgik.livejournal.com, Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography's student community (in Russian language)