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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The StokerFilm, Director, Writer2008
MorphineFilm, Director2006
It Doesn't Hurt MeFilm, Director, Writer2005
Dead Man's BluffFilm, Director, Writer2000
Brother 2Film, Director, Writer1999Nika Award for Best DirectorAward1998
Of Freaks and MenFilm, Director, Writer1996
Secrets Shared with a StrangerFilm, Producer1995TrofimFilm, Director1991
Happy DaysFilm, Director, Writer1989
About air flying in RussiaFilm, Director1987
There used to be another timeFilm, Director, Writer1959Born25 February 1959People around Aleksei
Viktor Sukhorukov Aleksei directed Brother and Brother 2
Sergey Makovetsky Aleksei directed Brother 2 and Of Freaks and Men
Sergey Selyanov Produced Brother and Of Freaks and Men
Mikhail Skryabin Aleksei directed A Stoker and The River
Sergey Bodrov, Jr. Aleksei directed Brother, Brother 2 and War
Anzhelika Nevolina Aleksei directed Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Nikita Mikhalkov Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė Aleksei directed War and Morphine
Andrei Panin Aleksei directed Morphine and Dead Man's Bluff
Aleksei Serebryakov Aleksei directed Cargo 200 and Dead Man's Bluff
Renata Litvinova Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Dmitri Dyuzhev Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Garik Sukachov Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Leonid Bichevin Aleksei directed Cargo 200 and Morphine
Aleksey Poluyan Aleksei directed Cargo 200 (2007)
Agniya Kuznetsova Aleksei directed Cargo 200 (2007)- Andrey Krasko Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Yuri Galtsev Produced Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Vyacheslav Butusov Aleksei directed Brother (1998)
Andrey Merzlikin Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Tatyana Dogileva Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Aleksey Panin Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Kirill Pirogov Also in Brother 2 and Dead Man's Bluff
Zhanna Bolotova Aleksei directed Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
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Brother 1997
Brother 2 2000
Morphine 2008
Cargo 200 2007
War 2002
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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.