Sjumandjaja was an Indonesian director, screenwriter, and actor. During his career he wrote numerous films, directed fourteen, acted in ten, and produced nine; he also won five Citra Awards from the Indonesian Film Festival. His films reflected social realism.

The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography, a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.