thumb|left|alt=Lev Kuleshov (left) and Arkady Gaidar at the Bolshevo House of Creativity in May 1941|Lev Kuleshov (left) and Arkady Gaidar at the Bolshevo House of Creativity. May 1941 After directing his last film in 1943, Kuleshov served as an artistic director and an academic rector at VGIK where he worked for the next 25 years. He was a member of the jury at the 27th Venice International Film Festival, as well as a special guest during other international film festivals.
thumb|left|alt=Lev Kuleshov (left) and Arkady Gaidar at the Bolshevo House of Creativity in May 1941|Lev Kuleshov (left) and Arkady Gaidar at the Bolshevo House of Creativity. May 1941 After directing his last film in 1943, Kuleshov served as an artistic director and an academic rector at VGIK where he worked for the next 25 years He was a member of the jury at the 27th Venice International Film Festival, as well as a special guest during other international film festivals.