Aleksandr Sokurov

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

38

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-06-14 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)

Aleksandr Sokurov

Biography

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

  • Elegy of a Voyage

    Elegy of a Voyage

  • Russian Ark

    Russian Ark

  • Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

    Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

  • The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

  • The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

  • Naum. Predictions

    Naum. Predictions

  • Francofonia

    Francofonia

  • Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

  • You Should Survive

    You Should Survive

  • Voices in the Old Walls

    Voices in the Old Walls

  • Kira

    Kira

  • Sokurov

    Sokurov

  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

  • VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

    VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

  • Robert. A Fortunate Life

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

  • Oriental Elegy

    Oriental Elegy

  • Moscow Elegy

    Moscow Elegy

  • Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

    Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

  • Film about the film

    Film about the film

  • Petersburg Elegy

    Petersburg Elegy

  • Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

    Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

  • Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

  • We Need Happiness

    We Need Happiness

  • The Knot

    The Knot

  • And Nothing More

    And Nothing More

  • Leningrad Retrospective

    Leningrad Retrospective

  • Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy

  • The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky

  • Simple Elegy

    Simple Elegy

  • A Soldier's Dream

    A Soldier's Dream

  • An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation

  • Voice of Sokurov

    Voice of Sokurov

  • Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

    Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

  • Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

  • The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

    The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

  • Matussek trifft

    Matussek trifft

  • In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

    In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark