Vladimir Khotinenko Appointed Rector of VKSR
Director Vladimir Khotinenko has been appointed rector of the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors (VKS R), one of the oldest film schools in Russia.
Consensus
- Vladimir Khotinenko was named rector of the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directing (VKSР).
- The appointment was made by the board of trustees of the organization.
- The decision was announced by the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
- Vera Suomenova, who served as rector from June 2010 to July 2026, requested to be relieved of her duties due to her own wishes.
- Vera Suomenova was 82 years old in September 2026.
- Vladimir Khotinenko graduated from VKSR in 1981 and has been teaching at the institution since 1983.
- Khotinenko has been the head of the directing workshop at VKSR since 1999, alongside Pavel Finn and Vladimir Fenchenko.
- Khotinenko is also a professor and head of the department of directing for feature films at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
- VKSР was founded in 1960 and is one of Russia's oldest film schools.
- The institution trains screenwriters, directors of feature and non-feature films, and producers.
Points of divergence
- Vera Suomenova worked at the courses since 1967 in various roles including editor, deputy director, head of the directing department, and deputy rector for academic affairs. — kommersant
- Vera Suomenova was a leading producer at the television company 'Mir' and a film editor for 'Interdevочка' and 'Utol' moya pechali'. — kommersant
- Vladimir Khotinenko founded his own film studio 'Roy' and directed films such as '72 meters', 'Pop', and series like 'The Fall of the Empire', 'Dostoevsky', and 'Besi'. — kommersant
- Vladimir Khotinenko is 74 years old and was born in Slavgorod, Altai Krai. — vedomosti
- Khotinenko worked as a production designer at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio in the 1970s and assisted on films by Nikita Mikhalkov, including 'Five Evenings', 'A Few Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov', and 'Kinship'. — vedomosti
- Khotinenko has taught at the Gerasimov Institute since the mid-1990s and is a professor. — vedomosti
- Notable former instructors at VKSR include Sergey Yutkевич, Mikhail Romm, Grigory Rojshal, Alexander Mitta, Vladimir Menshov, and Sergey Solovyov. — vedomosti
- Notable alumni of VKSR include Georgiy Danelliya, Ilya Averbakh, Aleksey Balabanov, and Alexander Velединский. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Vladimir Khotinenko appointed rector of Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors — Коммерсантъ
- Vladimir Khotinenko became the rector of the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors — Ведомости
Key entities
- Vladimir Khotinenko
- Russia
- Higher Courses of Screenwriters
- Union of Cinematographers
- Slavgorod
- Altai Krai
- Sverdlovsk Film Studio
- Olgerda Vorontsova
- Yaropolk Lapshina
- VKSR