- Father of Anatoli Panfilov and Ivan Panfilov.
- Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983.
- "The Theme", the fist film made by Panfilov at Mosfilm in 1979, which touches upon the subject matter of immigration, is shelved by the officials up until 1987. Once the film is released internationally, it is immediately selected for the number of film festivals and is awarded the "Golden Lion" at the Berlin IFF. In 1981, while "The Theme" is still banned, Panfilov films an adaptation of a stage play 'Last Summer in Chulimsk' by Alexander Vampilov. Film "Valentina" tells a moving story about a young woman from a provincial town, and features a magnificent cast - Inna Churikova, Daria Mihkailova,Rodion Nakhapetov, Vsevolod Shilovsky.
- Panfilov is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova.
- In 2000 at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival Panfilov was awarded an Honorable Prize for his contribution to cinema.
- 1986 sees the debut of Gleb Panfilov as a theatre director. His production of Hamlet demonstrates the originality of approach to a Shakespearian classic and it involves the leading actors of "Lenkom" theatre - Oleg Jankovsky (Hamlet), Inna Churikova (Gertrude), Alexandra Zakharova (Ophelia).
- By the end of 1950's Panfilov organizes an amateur film studio, where together with his friends he produces several short films - Little Nylon Jacket, National Militia (1958). Soon he is invited to work for the local TV channel, and there Panfilov makes his next four films - Regain our Ranks (1959, documentary short film), Killed at War, Nina Melovisinova (both 1962 short film) and The Case of Kurt Clausewitz (1963 feature length TV film).
- In 1970 Panfilov directs a second feature film The Beginning, which starred the magnificent Inna Churikova. The story of Praskovia Stroganova, a weaver in a provincial town, unhappy in love, who by chance is cast to play the lead role in a film about Joan of Arch, has evoked admiration from critics and audiences alike. In 1971 the film is awarded a Silver Lion at the International Film Festival in Venice.
- His movie "I wish to Speak"(1975) presents another strong female character, brilliantly embodied by Inna Churikova. The film receives prizes from IFF in Karlovy Vary (1976) and IFF in Barcelona (1977).
- His movie Vassa won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival and Russia's State Prize.
- He won the Golden Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival for the film 'The Theme' (1979).
- In 1969 his film "No Path through Fire" receives a prize at the Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland).
- In 1991 Gleb Panfilov founds his own film studio "Vera", which he calls after his mother.
- In the 1980s Panfilov, a chemist by profession, moved to theatre directing, but also found time to adapt for the screen Alexander Vampilov's play Valentina (1981), as well as Maxim Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova (1983) and Mother (1989).
- Obtaining a diploma of a film director in 1966, Panfilov is hired by the Lenfilm film studios in St.Petersburg (former Leningrad), where he begins developing his first feature film No Path through Fire (1967). The film, which portrays the Russian Civil War in a non-canonical fashion, introduces two significant artists - Gleb Panfilov, the director,and Inna Churikova, his leading actress.
- After graduating with a degree in chemistry from Ural Polytechnic University in 1957, Panfilov works as a foreman at a Sverdlov factory of medical equipment, as a researcher at the Research and Development Establishment, he was also the head of propaganda department of Sverdlov city committee.
- In January 2006 RTR TV aired Panfilov's miniseries based on Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel The First Circle. The Nobel Prize-winning author helped adapt the novel for the screen and narrated the film.
- In 1977 Gleb Panfilov begins to work for Mosfilm studios (Moscow) and starts teaching at the Higher Courses of Film Directing.
- In 1960 Gleb Panfilov enrolls on a correspondence course of cinematography at VGIK (All Union State Institute of Cinema). After graduating in 1963, he immediately enrolls on the directing course at the same institute.
- Despite the hardships of the 1990s Panfilov was committed to directing The Romanovs: An Imperial Family, an epic story of the Romanov sainthood. The film, finally released in 2000, was a sort of family project involving his wife as well as children. It was also his first movie that did not feature his wife in a leading role.
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