Georgi Vasilyev

Georgi Nikolaevich Vasilyev (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.

Honours and awards

 * Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1940)
 * Stalin Prizes
 * first class (1941) - for the film "Chapayev" (1934)
 * first class (1942) - for the 1st series of the movie "The defence of Tsaritsa" (1941)
 * Order of Lenin (1935) - for the film "Chapayev" (1934)
 * Order of the Red Star (1944)
 * Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (1945)