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Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (Russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, romanized: Vserossiyskiy gosudarstvyennyy institut kinematografii imyeni S. A. Gerasimova, meaningAll-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.[1][2]

History

Logo of VGIK.
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The institute was founded in 1919 by the film director Vladimir Gardin as the Moscow Film School and is the first and oldest film school in the world.[3] From 1934 to 1991 the film school was known as the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Russian: Всесоюзный государственный институт кинематографии).

Film directors taught at the institute include Lev Kuleshov, Marlen Khutsiev, Aleksey Batalov, Sergei Eisenstein, Mikhail Romm and Vsevolod Pudovkin.

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

The founding of the institute was authorized by V. I. Lenin 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. [citation needed]. 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.[4]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

Faculty

An example of a short, silent film that was produced for a lighting class at the VGIK
Filmmaker David Lynch speaking at the VGIK

In 2015-2016, the Institute featured the following faculties:

References

  1. ^ Tatiana Smorodinskaya, Karen Evans-Romaine, Helena Goscilo (2013). Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Routledge. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-1136787867.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 735–736. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  3. ^ Историческая справка (in Russian). Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  4. ^ Bawden, Liz-Anne, ed. (1976) The Oxford Companion to Film. Oxford University Press; ISBN 0-19-211541-3; p. 729
  5. ^ a b Imre, Anikó (2012). A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas. John Wiley & Sons. p. contents. ISBN 978-1118294352. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Арша Ованесова". Кино-Театр.Ру (Kino-teatr.ru). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. ^ (in Lithuanian) PERSONALIJA -Jonas VAITKUS. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre

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