Sergei Vasilyev

Sergei Vasilyev
Born	(1900-11-04)4 November 1900 Moscow, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Died	16 December 1959(1959-12-16) (aged 59) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1928–1959

Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev (4 November 1900 – 16 December 1959) was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter. 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). Sergei Vasilyev was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1948; and received (with Georgi Vasilyev) two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942.

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.

Filmography

Honours and awards

• People's Artist of the USSR (1948)
• Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (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 "For 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)

External links

• Sergei Vasilyev at the Internet Movie Database