Awards & Winners

Sergei Vasilyev

Date of Birth 04-November-1900
Place of Birth Moscow
(Russia, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Moscow Oblast, Europe)
Nationality Russia
Also know as Sergei Dmitriyevich Vasilyev, Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev
Profession Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Editor
Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter. From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev he co-directed several films, including the influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev. Sergei Vasilyev was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1948; and received 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.

Awards by Sergei Vasilyev

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sergei Vasilyev.

1955


Cannes Best Director Award
Honored for : Heroes of Shipka
(Tie with Rififi)