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Alexander Sokurov

Russian film director · Russia · On the map · Directors · Born 1951 · age 75

Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.

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A life in dates

2022FairytaleFilm, Director, Writer2017European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement AwardAward2015FrancofoniaFilm, Director, Writer2014Dmitry Likhachev Foundation PrizeAwardState Prize of the Russian FederationAward2011Golden LionAwardLaurel Branch AwardAwardAgnès Varda: From Here to ThereSeries, 2011The Story of Film: An OdysseySeries, 20112010Matussek trifftSeries2009Elegy of a VoyageFilm, Director, Writer2006Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, VishnevskayaFilm, Director, Writer2003Father and SonFilm, Director2001TaurusFilm, Director1999MolochFilm, Director1998ConfessionSeries, Director, Writer1997A Humble LifeFilm, Director, Writer1995A Soldier's DreamFilm, Director, Writer1993Elegy from RussiaFilm, Director, Writer1990Save and ProtectFilm, Director1988Days of EclipseFilm, Director1985Patience LabourFilm, Director1980The DegradedFilm, Director, Writer1951Born14 June 1951

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Close ties

  • Russian Ark 2002
  • Closeness 2017
  • The Sun 2005
  • Mother and Son 1997
  • Faust 2011

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Filmography 40

156 credits on file

Television 4

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award2017
State Prize of the Russian Federation2014
Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize2014
Golden Lion2011
Laurel Branch Award2011
Honored art worker of the Russian Federation
People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Nika Award
Order of the Rising Sun
Officer of Arts and Letters
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
TEFI
Nika Lifetime Achievement Award

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 75