Sergei Gerasimov
Biography
Sergei Gerasimov was a renowned Soviet film director and screenwriter, best known for adapting literary classics of Socialist realism into epic films like "The Young Guard" (1948) and "And Quiet Flows the Don" (1957-58). He also founded the oldest film school in the world, the VGIK, which bears his name. A respected educator, Gerasimov taught generations of Russian actors alongside his wife Tamara Makarova.