Aleksandr Sokurov

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

39

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

  • Francofonia

    Francofonia

  • Voice of Sokurov

    Voice of Sokurov

  • Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

  • Russian Ark

    Russian Ark

  • The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

    The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

  • VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

    VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

  • Elegy of a Voyage

    Elegy of a Voyage

  • The Knot

    The Knot

  • You Should Survive

    You Should Survive

  • Director's Diary

    Director's Diary

  • Naum. Predictions

    Naum. Predictions

  • The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

  • Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

    Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

  • Moscow Elegy

    Moscow Elegy

  • Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

    Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment

  • Robert. A Fortunate Life

    Robert. A Fortunate Life

  • Oriental Elegy

    Oriental Elegy

  • Simple Elegy

    Simple Elegy

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

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

  • Petersburg Elegy

    Petersburg Elegy

  • A Soldier's Dream

    A Soldier's Dream

  • Voices in the Old Walls

    Voices in the Old Walls

  • Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

    Alexander Sokurov. Temptation

  • Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

    Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

  • Film about the film

    Film about the film

  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree

  • We Need Happiness

    We Need Happiness

  • Kira

    Kira

  • Sokurov

    Sokurov

  • Leningrad Retrospective

    Leningrad Retrospective

  • Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy

  • And Nothing More

    And Nothing More

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

    The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat

  • An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation

  • Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

    Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov

  • Agnès Varda: From Here to There

    Agnès Varda: From Here to There

  • In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

    In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

  • Matussek trifft

    Matussek trifft