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Aleksandr Sokurov

Director | Writer | Actor

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He was born with a disability because of an anatomic defect of his leg, in 1951 in Podorvikha village in Siberian Russia. His father was a Red Army veteran of WW2. One of most important contemporary ... read full biography

Known for Russian Ark (2002), Faust (III) (2011), Moloch (1999), Alexandra (2007)

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Jun 14, 1951 (age 68)

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2 official web sites & 19 more links

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Awards

46 wins & 41 nominations

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82 titles

Projects in Development (1 title)	Budget	Status
The Laughter Amid Tears Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer		Script

Released Film and Video (60 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
A Russian Youth (2019) Creative Producer Creative Producer See fewer	€622K
Closeness (2017) Film Supervisor, Producer Film Supervisor, Producer See fewer				$176K
Zhizn' moego druga (2017) (Short) - Producer Producer See fewer
Francofonia (2015) Actor (voice) (as Alexandre SOKOUROV), Director, Writer Actor (voice) (as Alexandre SOKOUROV), Director, Writer See fewer		$22K	$307K	$1MM
Volshebniy Komsomolets (2015) Producer Producer See fewer
The Debridement of Rome (2012) (Short) - Acknowledgment Acknowledgment See fewer	$3K
Faust (2011) Director, Writer (screenplay) Director, Writer (screenplay) See fewer	€8MM	$10K	$58K	$58K
We Need Happiness (2010) Narrator (voice), Director, Writer Narrator (voice), Director, Writer See fewer
Intonatsiya. Vladimir Yakunin (2010) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Intonatsiya. Yuri Shmidt (2010) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Intonatsiya. Boris Averin (2010) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Intonatsiya. Arsen Kanokov (2010) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Intonatsiya. Sergei Slonimsky (2010) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Intonatsiya. Valery Zorkin (2010) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
L'usage du monde: Vol. 1 (2010) (Video) - Director (segments: Il nous faut du bonheur), Writer (segments: Il nous faut du bonheur) Director (segments: Il nous faut du bonheur), Writer (segments: Il nous faut du bonheur) See fewer
Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri (2009) Writer (text) Writer (text) See fewer
Reading Book of Blockade (2009) Director Director See fewer
Alexandra (2007) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer		$9K	$128K	$454K
Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. (2006) Himself, Director, Writer Himself, Director, Writer See fewer
The Sun (2005) Cinematographer, Director Cinematographer, Director See fewer		$12K	$77K	$218K
Father and Son (2003) Director Director See fewer		$5K	$39K	$73K
Russian Ark (2002) The Time Traveller (voice) (uncredited), Director, Visual Concept, Writer (dialogue), Writer The Time Traveller (voice) (uncredited), Director, Visual Concept, Writer (dialogue), Writer See fewer		$29K	$3MM	$8.7MM
Elegy of a Voyage (2001) Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Taurus (2001) Cinematographer, Director Cinematographer, Director See fewer
Dolce... (2000) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Moloch (1999) Director Director See fewer
The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn (1998) Himself, Director Himself, Director See fewer
Mother and Son (1997) Director Director See fewer
Documenta X - Die Filme (1997) Director Director See fewer
A Humble Life (1997) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Robert: A Fortunate Life (1997) (Short) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer
Vostochnaya elegiya (1996) (Short) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer
Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny. Povestvovanie v pyati chastyakh (1995) Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer
Soldier's Dream (1995) (Short) - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer Narrator (voice), Director, Writer See fewer
Whispering Pages (1994) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
The Elegy from Russia (1993) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
The Stone (1992) Director Director See fewer
Primer intonatsii (1991) Director Director See fewer
A Simple Elegy (1990) (Short) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director See fewer
The Second Circle (1990) Director Director See fewer
A Retrospection of Leningrad (1957-1990) (1990) Director Director See fewer
To the Events in Transcaucasia (1990) (Short) - Himself (uncredited), Director, Writer Himself (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer
Peterburgskaya elegiya (1989) (Short) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director See fewer
Save and Protect (1989) Director Director See fewer
Sonata dlya Gitlera (1989) (Short) - Director Director See fewer
Soviet Elegy (1989) (Short) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director See fewer
Days of Eclipse (1988) Director Director See fewer
I nichego bolshe (1988) Narrator (voice), Director Narrator (voice), Director See fewer
Zhertva vechernyaya (1988) (Short) - Director Director See fewer
Moskovskaya elegiya (1987) Narrator (voice), Director Narrator (voice), Director See fewer
Ochen vas vsekh lyublyu (1987) Artistic Coordinator Artistic Coordinator See fewer
The Lonely Voice of Man (1987) Director Director See fewer
Mournful Unconcern (1987) Director Director See fewer
Ampir (1987) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Patience Labour (1987) (Short) - Director Director See fewer
Elegiya (1986) (Short) - Director Director See fewer
Ty dolzhen zhit (1981) Actor Actor See fewer
Altovaya sonata. Dmitriy Shostakovich (1981) Director Director See fewer
The Degraded (1980) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Posledni den' nenastnogo leta (1979) (Short) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer

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Released Television (9 titles)	Episodes
Boris Godunov (2007) (TV Movie) - Staged By Staged By See fewer
Peterburgskiy dnevnik: Mozart. Rekviem (2004) (TV Special) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer
Povinnost (1998) (TV Mini-series) - Director (5 episodes, 1998), Writer (5 episodes, 1998) Director (5 episodes, 1998), Writer (5 episodes, 1998) See fewer Episode #1.5 (1998) Season 1, Episode 5 - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer See more See fewer Loading	5
The Diary of St. Petersburg. Kozintsev's Flat (1998) (TV Movie) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer (commentary) Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer (commentary) See fewer
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky (1997) (TV Movie) - Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer See fewer
Mariya (1988) (TV Short) - Director, Writer (as A. Sokurov) Director, Writer (as A. Sokurov) See fewer
Pozyvnye R1NN (1975) (TV Movie) - Director Director See fewer
Avtomobil nabiraet nadezhnost (1974) (TV Short) - Director (as A. Sokurov), Editor Director (as A. Sokurov), Editor See fewer
Samye zemnye zaboty (1974) (TV Movie) - Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer

Self (12 titles)
The 2017 European Film Awards (2017) (TV Special) - Himself - Winner Himself - Winner See fewer
The Voice of Sokurov (2014) Himself Himself See fewer
Cinema 3 (2012) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2012) Himself (1 episode, 2012) See fewer Episode dated 8 March 2012 (Mar 8, 2012) Himself Himself See fewer
Agnès de ci de là Varda (2011) (TV Mini-series) - Self (1 episode, 2011) Self (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Episode dated 21 December 2011 (Dec 21, 2011) Self Self See fewer
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) (TV Mini-series) - Himself - Interviewee (3 episodes, 2011) Himself - Interviewee (3 episodes, 2011) See fewer Cinema Today and the Future (Dec 10, 2011) Season 1, Episode 15 - Himself - Interviewee Himself - Interviewee See fewer See more See fewer Loading
Pozner (2008) (TV Series) - Himself - Interviewee (1 episode, 2008) Himself - Interviewee (1 episode, 2008) See fewer Aleksandr Sokurov (Dec 22, 2008) Season 1, Episode 6 - Himself - Interviewee Himself - Interviewee See fewer
Alexandre Sokurov: Questions de cinéma (2008) Himself Himself See fewer
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (2003) (Video) - Himself (as Alexander Sokurov) Himself (as Alexander Sokurov) See fewer
One Take Movie (2002) (Short) - Himself Himself See fewer
Filmopolis (2001) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2001) Himself (1 episode, 2001) See fewer Episode dated 22 June 2001 (Jun 22, 2001) Himself Himself See fewer
Le cercle du cinéma (1998) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 1998) Himself (1 episode, 1998) See fewer Episode dated 4 February 1998 (Feb 4, 1998) Himself Himself See fewer
Elokuva vangitsee aikaa (1991) Himself Himself See fewer