Directing
Aleksandr Sokurov
RU, FR, IT, FI cinema · 94 credits
Born
14 June 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Also known as Alexander Sokurov · Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Sokourov · Aleksandr Sokourov · Aleksandr Nikolaïevitch Sokourov · A. Sokurov · Александр Николаевич Сокуров
Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
Like a River’s Flow
as as himself
Director's Diary
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Gjirokastra
Art Direction
Russian Dreams
Production Consultant
Fairytale
Director, Screenplay
A Russian Youth
Creative Producer
Closeness
Producer
Go. Go. Go
Screenplay, Director
Francofonia
as (voice), Director, Screenplay
Voice of Sokurov
as Himself
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker
Faust
Director, Screenplay
We Need Happiness
as Narrator (voice), Director
Elegy of a Voyage
as The Traveler (uncredited), Director, Writer
Alexandra
Writer, Director
Boris Godounov
Stage Director
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
as Himself, Director, Writer
Sokurov
as himself
The Sun
Director, Director of Photography
Kira
as Self
Father and Son
Director
Russian Ark
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited), Director, Writer, Dialogue
Taurus
Director, Director of Photography
Dolce
Director
Moloch
Director
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Actor, Writer, Director
Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева
1998
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан, Director
The Knot
as Self, Director
Robert. A Fortunate Life
as Narrator, Director, Writer
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
as (voice), Writer, Director
Mother and Son
Director
A Humble Life
Director, Writer
Oriental Elegy
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Director
A Soldier's Dream
Actor, Director, Writer
Spiritual Voices
Director, Writer
Whispering Pages
Screenplay, Director
Elegy from Russia
Director, Screenplay
Stone
Director
Пример интонации
1991
An Example of Intonation
as Self, Director, Writer
Leningrad Retrospective
Actor, Director
Simple Elegy
Actor, Director, Writer
The Second Circle
Director
Save and Protect
Director
To the Events in Transcaucasia
Writer, Director
Petersburg Elegy
as Narrator, Director
Soviet Elegy
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Соната для Гитлера
1989
Sonata for Hitler
Director, Writer
Days of Eclipse
Director
Maria
Director, Writer
I Love You All Very Much...
Creative Producer
And Nothing More
as narrator (voice), Director
Moscow Elegy
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Mournful Unconcern
Director
Empire
Director, Director of Photography
The Evening Sacrifice
Writer, Director
Elegy
Director
Patience Labour
Director
The Degraded
Writer, Director
Last Day of a Rainy Summer
Director, Writer
Callsign R1NN
Director
Лето Марии Войновой
1975
Summer of Maria Voynova
Director, Screenplay
Самые земные заботы
1974
The Earthliest of Concerns
Director, Writer
The Automobile Gains in Reliability
Director, Editor