Georgy Avenarius

Georgy Alexandrovich Avenarius (Russian: Георгий Александрович Авенариус; 1903–1958) was one of the founders of Soviet film criticism.

[2] Avenarius finished the Odessa Actor's studio, then acted in Ukrainian films like "Spartak" (1926), "Taras Tryasilo" (1926) etc.

[2] In 1936, Sergei Eisenstein invited him to Moscow, to organize new courses of Foreign film history at VGIK all-Soviet institute.

When Budd Schulberg and other operatives of the American OSS Field Photographic Branch asked him about the collection of Nazi newsreels and propaganda in order to document the prosecution in the Nuremberg Trials, Avenarius immediately allowed access upon learning that the head of the branch was his admired John Ford.

[2] One of the central streets of the Domodedovsky District, where the Gosfilmofond is located, is named after Georgy Avenarius.