Alexander Rodnyansky
- Production
- July 2, 1961 · Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Biography
Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media manager, Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network, 1+1, and ran Russian CTC Media, which, under his management, became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly. Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career. Some of his most notable projects include Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless(2017), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko. Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member. Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless. Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years. Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Butterfly Jam · Producer
- High Value Target · Executive producer
- Place to Be · Producer
- The Road to Jericho · Producer
- Dissident · Producer
- Cannes 2026 With Anton Dolin
- At the Sea · Producer
- Orphan · Producer
- Notes of a True Criminal · Director, Producer
- Dreams · Producer
- Connected · Producer
- Of Dogs and Men · Producer
- The Zelensky Story · Self
- Steppenwolf · Producer
- Episodes: Don't Switch! · Self
- Once Within a Time · Executive producer
- Adrift · Producer
- Папины дочки. Новые · Creator
- A History of Russian Cinema. The Birth of the Myth. · Self
- Headshot · Producer
- Mama, I'm Home · Producer
- Where Is Anne Frank · Producer
- Seventh Symphony · Producer
- Unclenching the Fists · Producer
- Chernobyl: Abyss · Producer
- Rastorhuev · Self
- Zakon i Besporyadok · Producer
- The Fisherman's Daughter · Producer
- Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest · Producer
- (UN)Ideal Man · Producer
- The Ninth · Producer
- The Lenin Factor · Producer
- Raya Knows Everything · Producer
- Beanpole · Producer
- The Man Who Surprised Everyone · Producer
- Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director · Producer
- Dr. Richter · Producer
- Lenin: Revolution Chronicles · Producer
- Nazidanie · Producer
- Loveless · Producer
- The Duelist · Producer
- Investigator Tikhonov · Producer
- Raya Knows · Producer
- Leviathan · Producer
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For · Producer
- Demons · Producer
- The Adventurers · Producer
- Stalingrad · Producer
- Machete Kills · Radio Guest (uncredited), Producer
- Standing Up · Producer
- Jayne Mansfield's Car · Producer
- The Dyatlov Pass Incident · Producer
- Russia's History Revealed · Producer
- Nepal Forever · Producer
- Cloud Atlas · Producer
- The White Guard · Producer
- ¡Vivan las Antipodas! · Executive producer
- Carré Blanc · Co-producer
- Elena · Producer
- Exporting Raymond · Self
- Innocent Saturday · Producer
- I Love You · Producer
- Margosha · Producer
- The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion · Producer
- First Love · Producer
- Kremlin cadets · Executive producer, Creator
- Russia 88 · Executive producer
- The Best Movie 2 · Executive producer
- The Inhabited Island · Producer
- Я лечу · Creator
- Ranetki · Producer
- 18-14 · Producer, Idea
- Daddy's Daughters · Producer, Creator
- The Gardener · Producer
- Let's Play! · Producer
- A Phantom House for a Dowry · Producer
- May · Producer
- The Heat · Producer
- Cadetship · Producer
- Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska · Producer