Aleksei Balabanov
- Directing
- February 25, 1959 · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
- May 18, 2013
Biography
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.
Known for
Filmography
- Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript · Self
- Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem · Self
- We Others Will Not · Self
- Plankton Salesmen · Self
- Me Too · Director, Screenplay
- The Stoker · Writer, Director
- Morphine · Director
- Cargo 200 · Writer, Director
- It Doesn't Hurt Me · Director, Writer
- Dead Man's Bluff · Director, Writer
- War · Writer, Director
- River · Screenplay, Director
- Brother 2 · Director, Writer
- How «Brother 2» Was Filmed · Self
- Of Freaks and Men · Director, Writer
- Brother · Director, Writer
- The Arrival of a Train · Director, Screenplay
- Secrets Shared with a Stranger · Producer
- Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography · Producer
- Trofim · сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга», Director
- The Castle · Director, Writer
- Happy Days · Director, Screenplay
- Nastya and Egor · Director, Screenplay
- About air flying in Russia · Director
- One Step Beyond · Screenplay, Director
- There used to be another time · Director, Screenplay