General Producer of Master-Film Holding
Director of the Open Russian Festival of Animated Films
Honoured Culture Worker of the Russian Federation
Member of the Executive Board of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation
Chairman of the Animated Film Commission of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation
Member of the Executive Board of the Russian Animated Film Association
Born on 10 March 1966 in Noginsk, Moscow Region.
Education: Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University (1988-1993).
Gerasimov has been working in animation since 1989. He took part in organising the 1989 and 1991 KROK International Animated Film Festivals.
In 1990-1991, he collaborated with ASK JV (The American-Soviet Film Initiative) in the field of domestic animation production development.
From 1991 to 1994, Gerasimov worked as Deputy Director of the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
In 1993, upon an initiative of Russian animation masters Fyodor Khitruk, Yuri Norshteyn, Andrey Khrzhanovsky, and Eduard Nazarov, Gerasimov registered SHAR, an animated film school-studio, where he worked as CEO for ten years.
In 1996, the Open Russian Festival of Animated Films was held in Tarusa for the first time.
Since 2002, the festival has been held in Suzdal. From the first festival to the present day, Gerasimov has been the only Head of this largest professional animation forum in Russia.
In 1997, Gerasimov began to work as a producer at the newly created Master-Film Company.
Since 2006, he has been Head of Master-Film Holding, which comprises the Gubernia Fund, Master-Film Company, and Master-Film Studio.
The main activity of the holding is the production of audiovisual content: short and feature-length animated films and series; live-action films; documentary films and series.
Gerasimov has produced more than three hundred animated projects, including two feature-length cartoons, around twenty animated series, anthologies, and collections, four full-length feature films by young debutants, and more than one hundred documentary films.
Since 2013, he has been teaching a multimedia production workshop at S. A. Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).