Georgi Vasilyev | |
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Georgi Vasilyev
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Born |
Georgi Nikolaevich Vasilyev 25 November 1899 Vologda, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now Russia) |
Died | 18 June 1946 Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
(aged 46)
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1928 - 194674 |
Georgi Nikolaevich Vasilyev (Russian: Георгий Николаевич Васильев) (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter. 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.