Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev (Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Васи́льев) (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943, together with Sergei Vasilyev (often jointly, though incorrectly credited as Vasilyev brothers), he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev (1934). Georgi Vasilyev received two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942.
Georgi Vasilyev | |
|---|---|
 Georgi Vasilyev | |
| Born | Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev 25 November 1899 |
| Died | 18 June 1946 (aged 46) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1924–1943 |
| Notable work | Chapaev (1934) |
| Awards | Stalin Prize (1941,1942) |
Filmography
| Year | English title | Russian title | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Heroic Deed Among the Ice | Подвиг во льдах | Director; documentary |
| 1930 | The Sleeping Beauty | Спящая красавица | Director, screenwriter |
| 1932 | A Personal Affair | Личное дело | Director, screenwriter |
| 1934 | Chapaev | Чапаев | Director, screenwriter, actor |
| 1937 | The Defense of Volotchayevsk | Волочаевские дни | Director, screenwriter |
| 1942 | The Defense of Tsaritsyn | Оборона Царицына | Director, screenwriter |
| 1943 | The Front | Фронт | Director, screenwriter |
Honors and awards
- Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1940)
- Stalin Prize:
- first class (1941) – for Chapaev
- first class (1942) – for the 1st series of The Defense of Tsaritsyn
- Order of Lenin (1935) – for Chapaev
- Order of the Red Star (1944)
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)