Georgi Vasilyev
Georgi Nikolayevich Vasilyev was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. From 1928 to 1943, together with Sergei Vasilyev, he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev. Georgi Vasilyev received two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1942.
Honors and awards
- Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR
- Stalin Prize:
- *first class – for Chapaev
- *first class – for the 1st series of The Defense of Tsaritsyn
- Order of Lenin – for Chapaev
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"