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Aleksandr Sokurov

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.


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Born:
Jun 14, 1951 In village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Movie/TV Credits:
29
First Appeared:
In the movie You Should Survive 1981-05-01
Latest Project:
Movie The Last Days of Humanity 2023-05-08
Known For
Poster of Voice of Sokurov
Poster of Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Poster of The Knot
Poster of A Soldier's Dream
Filmography
Movie The Last Days of Humanity Self (archive footage) 2023-05-08
Movie Francofonia (voice) 2015-11-11
Movie Voice of Sokurov Himself 2014-06-14
Movie Film about the film himself 2013-06-05
Movie The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars Himself - Filmmaker 2013-09-01
Movie Agnès Varda: From Here to There Self 2011-10-01
Series Agnès Varda: From Here to There Unknown 2011-12-19
Movie We Need Happiness Narrator (voice) 2010-10-20
Movie The Art of Time Self 2009-10-10
Movie Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema Himself 2008-01-01
Movie Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree Self 2008-12-11
Movie Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya Himself 2006-04-21
Movie Sokurov himself 2006-11-18
Movie Kira Self 2003-06-15
Movie In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark Himself 2003-09-09
Movie Russian Ark The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) 2002-05-22
Movie Elegy of a Voyage 2001-06-01
Movie The Knot Self 1998-12-04
Movie The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky (voice) 1997-04-04
Movie Robert. A Fortunate Life Narrator 1997-04-01
Movie Oriental Elegy Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1996-04-26
Movie A Soldier's Dream 1995-06-29
Movie An Example of Intonation Self 1991-01-01
Movie Leningrad Retrospective 1990-01-01
Movie Simple Elegy 1990-02-03
Movie Petersburg Elegy Narrator 1989-11-29
Movie Soviet Elegy Narrator (voice) 1989-12-31
Movie Moscow Elegy Narrator (voice) 1987-04-04
Movie You Should Survive 1981-05-01