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Born in Moscow in 1963. He graduated from the Economics Department of VGIK (1984) and later from its Directing Department in 1990, where he studied under B. Altshuler and B. Kubeev. Since 1987, he has worked as a director at the Tsentrnauchfilm Studio. He became a member of the Russian Filmmakers' Union (1996). Since 1999, Vasiliev has directed programs for major Russian television channels, including Kultura, TV Center, and Channel One. He has been a member of the Russian Guild of Film Directors since 2010. Since 2014, he has headed directing workshops in fiction and documentary filmmaking, as well as advanced directing courses at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television. Since 2020, he has served as Head of the Department of Documentary Film Directing and Professor at the Institute. Vasiliev has chaired the jury of the International Russian Film Festival since 2018 and has been a member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio since 2021. Since 2023, he has served on the expert committee for the Golden Candle Russian Documentary Film Award. In 2026, he became Head of the PiterDOC International Youth Documentary Film Festival project. He has directed more than 60 films and 300 television programs. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: The Ancient City of Kostroma, 1989; We Are All Responsible, 1990; The Russian Bell, 1991; Step into the Future, 1999; Boris Rauschenbach, 1999; Vitaly Ginzburg, 1999; God-Given, 2000; Chronicle of the Oleg Poptsov Era, 2000; Emma Gerstein, 2000; Viktor Sadovnichy, 2000; Evgeny Chazov, 2000; Boris Grushin, 2000; The Profession of Journalism. Irina Ilovayskaya-Alberti, 2000; Georgy Arbatov, 2001; At the Walls of Moscow, 2001; Kulikovo Field, 2001; I Have Nothing to Regret. Nikolai Shmelev, 2001; Academician of Survival. Vitaly Volovich, 2002; Turgenev and Viardot, 2002; Donskoy Monastery – A Fortress of the Spirit, 2003; Ugreshа, 2003; Izmailovo – A Journey Through Time, 2007; The Pure Energy of Water, 2008; Water for Life, 2009; The Power of Fact, 2011 – 2012; The Heritage of Russia, 2012 – 2014.
