Type Film school Location Moscow, Russia Total enrollment 1,750 (2014) Founded 1 September 1919 | President Alexander Novikov Campus Urban Phone +7 499 181-13-14 Rector Vladimir Malyshev | |
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Former names All-Union State Institute of Cinematography Established 1919 (by Vladimir Gardin) Address ul. Vilgelma Pika, 3, Moskva, Russia, 129226 Awards Nika Award for Best Contribution to the Cinematic Science, Criticism and Education Notable alumni Andrei Tarkovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Vasily Shukshin, Sergei Bondarchuk, Eldar Ryazanov Similar Russian Academy of Theatr, Boris Shchukin Theatre I, Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Th, Moscow Art Theatre School, Saint Petersburg State Uni | ||
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (Russian: Всероссийский государственный университет кинематографии имени С.А.Герасимова, meaning All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.
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History
The institute was founded in 1919 by the film director Vladimir Gardin and is the oldest film school in the world. From 1934 to 1991 the film school was known as the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Russian: Всероссийский (ранее Всесоюзный) государственный институт кинематографии).
Film directors who have taught at the institute include Lev Kuleshov, Marlen Khutsiev, Aleksey Batalov, Sergei Eisenstein, Mikhail Romm and Vsevolod Pudovkin. Alumni include Sergei Bondarchuk, Elem Klimov, Sergei Parajanov, Alexander Sokurov and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Since 1986, the school has been named after the film director and actor Sergei Gerasimov. A full member of the international CILECT network of film schools, the Institute became a university in 2008.
Notable alumni
During the period of the Soviet Union it was a requirement of the state to attend VGIK in order to be allowed to direct a film.