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{{short description|Russian film director and screenwriter (1861–1915)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov<br>(Василий Михайлович Гончаров)
| image = Vasiliy Goncharov 001.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1861
| birth_place = [[Voronezh]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date = 23 August 1915 (aged 53-54)
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Empire]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
| years_active = 1908–1915
| spouse =
| website =
}}
'''Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov''' ({{langx|ru|Василий Михайлович Гончаров}}) (1861 – 23 August 1915) was a Russian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]], one of the pioneers of the film industry in the [[Russian Empire]], who directed an early Russian feature film ''[[Defence of Sevastopol]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|isbn=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=259–261}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Russian Title !! Transliteration !! English Title !! Release Date !! Notes
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1909'''
|-
| ''Песнь про купца Калашникова''
| ''Pesn' pro kuptsa Kalashnikova''
| ''[[Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov (film)|Song About the Merchant Kalashnikov]]''
| 2 March 1909
|lost
|-
| ''Русская свадьба XVI столетия''
| ''Russkaya svadba XVI stoletiya''
| ''[[A 16th Century Russian Wedding]]''
| 25 April 1909
|
|-
| ''Преступление и наказание''
| ''Prestuplenie i nakazanie''
| ''Crime and Punishment''
| May 1909
|lost
|-
| ''Вий''
| ''Viy''
| ''[[Viy (1909 film)|Viy (Vii)]]''
| 27 Sept 1909
|Based on a [[Viy (story)|novella by Nikolai Gogol]]. Lost
|-
| ''Ухарь-купец''
| ''Ukhar'-kupyets''
| ''[[The Happy-go-Lucky Merchant]]''
| 29 Sept 1909
|
|-
| ''Смерть Иоанна Грозного''
| ''Smert Ioanna Groznovo''
| ''[[The Death of Ivan the Terrible (film)|The Death of Ivan the Terrible]]''
| 6 October 1909
|
|-
| ''Мазепа''
| ''Mazepa''
| ''[[Mazeppa (1909 film)|Mazeppa]]''
| 27 October 1909
|
|-
| ''Чародейка''
| ''Charodeyka''
| ''[[The Enchantress (1909 film)|The Enchantress]]'' <ref>{{IMDb title |id=tt0346730 |title=The Enchantress}}</ref>
| 28 October 1909
| with<br>[[Pyotr Chardynin]]
|-
| ''Ванька-ключник''
| ''Vanka-klyuchnik''
| ''[[Vanka the Steward]]''
| 1 November 1909
|
|-
| ''Драма в Москве''
| ''Drama v Moskve''
| ''[[Drama in Moscow]]''
|Never released
|lost
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1910'''
|-
| ''Пётр Великий''
| ''Pyotr Velikiy''
| ''[[Peter the Great (1910 film)|Peter the Great]]''
| 6 January 1910
|with [[Kai Hansen (director)|Kai Hansen]]
|-
| ''В полночь на кладбище''
| ''V polnoch na kladbishe''
| ''[[At Midnight in the Graveyard]]''
| 30 Jan 1910
|lost
|-
| ''Выбор царской невесты''
| ''Vybor tsarskoj nevesty''
| ''Choosing of the Tsar's Bride''
| 9 March 1910
|Filmed in 1908. Lost
|-
| ''Русалка''
| ''Rusalka''
| ''[[The Water Nymph (1910 film)|The Water Nymph]]''
| 30 March 1910
|
|-
| ''Генерал Топтыгин''
| ''General Toptygin''
| ''General Bruin''
| 15 May 1910
|
|-
| ''Коробейники''
| ''Korobeiniki
| {{ill|Korobeiniki (film)|lt=''Korobeiniki''|ru|Коробейники (фильм, 1910)}}
| 30 August 1910
|
|-
| ''Жизнь и смерть Пушкина''
| ''Zhizn i smert Pushkina''
| ''[[Life and Death of Pushkin]]''
| 3 September 1910
|
|-
| ''Наполеон в России''
| ''Napoleon v Rossiya''
| ''Napoleon in Russia''
|
|
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1911'''
|-
| ''Евгений Онегин''
| ''Evgeniy Onegin''
| ''[[Eugene Onegin (1911 film)|Eugene Onegin]]''
| 1 March 1911
|
|-
| ''Оборона Севастополя''
| ''Oborona Sevastopolya''
| ''[[Defence of Sevastopol]]''
| 9 September 1911
|
|-
| ''Жизнь за царя''
| ''Zhizn za tsarya''
| ''A Life for the Tsar''
|
|
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1912'''
|-
| ''1812 год''
| ''1812 god''
| ''[[1812 (1912 film)|1812]]''
| 25 August 1912
| with [[Kai Hansen (director)|Kai Hansen]] and Aleksandr Uralsky
|-
| ''Крестьянская доля''
| ''Krestyanskaya dolya''
| ''The Peasants' Lot''
| 13 November 1912
|
|-
| ''Братья-разбойники''
| ''Bratya-razboyniki''
| ''The Robber Brothers''
|
|
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1913'''
|-
| ''Воцарение дома Романовых''
| ''Votsarenie doma Romanovyh''
| ''[[Accession of the Romanov Dynasty]]''
| 16 February 1913
| with<br>[[Pyotr Chardynin]]
|-
| ''Хас Булат''
| ''Khas Bulat''
| ''Khas Bulat''
|
|
|-
| ''Покорение Кавказа''
| ''Pokorenie Kavkaza''
| ''The Conquest of Caucasus''
|
|lost
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1914'''
|-
| ''Волга и Сибирь''
| ''Volga i Sibir''
| ''Volga and Siberia''
|
|
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0327201}}

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[[Category:Film directors from the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:People from Voronezh]]
[[Category:Russian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:Silent film directors]]
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[[Category:Writers from the Russian Empire]]

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