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Aleksei Balabanov

Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 54

Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian filmmaker. A member of the European Film Academy, he began his career by creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov,...

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2013Died18 May 20132010The StokerFilm, Director, Writer2008MorphineFilm, Director2006It Doesn't Hurt MeFilm, Director, Writer2005Dead Man's BluffFilm, Director, Writer2000Brother 2Film, Director, Writer1999Nika Award for Best DirectorAward1998Of Freaks and MenFilm, Director, Writer1996Secrets Shared with a StrangerFilm, Producer1995TrofimFilm, Director1991Happy DaysFilm, Director, Writer1989About air flying in RussiaFilm, Director1987There used to be another timeFilm, Director, Writer1959Born25 February 1959

People around Aleksei

  • Brother 1997
  • Brother 2 2000
  • Morphine 2008
  • Cargo 200 2007
  • War 2002

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Filmography 26

45 credits on file

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Nika Award for Best Director1999
Nika Award
Nika Award for Best Picture

About this person

A member of the European Film Academy, he began his career by creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films Cargo 200 (2007), Morphine (2008), and A Stoker (2010), which also received critical recognition.

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1959 to 2013 · aged 54

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