Aleksandr Sokurov

Directing·Jun 14, 1951·village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)

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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.

Film	Credit
Naum. Predictions2026 · self	self
Director's Diary2025 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer	Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Fairytale2022 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Voices in the Old Walls2019 · Actor	Actor
The Life Of My Friend2017 · Producer	Producer
Closeness2017 · Producer	Producer
Go. Go. Go2016 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Francofonia2015 · (voice), Director, Screenplay	(voice), Director, Screenplay
Voice of Sokurov2014 · Himself	Himself
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars2013 · Himself - Filmmaker	Himself - Filmmaker
FFilm about the film2013 · himself	himself
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation2012 · Actor	Actor
Faust2011 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Agnès Varda: From Here to There2011 · Self	Self
We Need Happiness2010 · Narrator (voice), Director	Narrator (voice), Director
IIntonation. Vladimir Yakunin2010 · Director	Director
IIntonation. Sergey Slonimsky2010 · Director	Director
IIntonation. Yuri Schmidt2010 · Director	Director
IIntonation. Valery Zorkin2010 · Director	Director
IIntonation. Arsen Kanokov2010 · Director	Director
IIntonation. Boris Averin2010 · Director	Director
TThe Ways of the World: Vol. 12010 · Director	Director
The Art of Time2009 · Self	Self
Reading Book of Blockade2009 · Director	Director
Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri2009 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Elegy of a Voyage2009 · The Traveler (uncredited), Director, Writer	The Traveler (uncredited), Director, Writer
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree2008 · Self	Self
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov2008 · Director	Director
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema2008 · Himself	Himself
Alexandra2007 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion2007 · Director	Director
Sokurov2006 · himself	himself
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya2006 · Himself, Director, Writer	Himself, Director, Writer
The Sun2005 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem2004 · Director	Director
Father and Son2003 · Director	Director
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark2003 · Himself	Himself
Kira2003 · Self	Self
IIslands. Alexander Sokurov2003 · Actor	Actor
Russian Ark2002 · The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited), Director, Writer	The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited), Director, Writer
Taurus2001 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Dolce2000 · Director	Director
Moloch1999 · Director	Director
The Knot1998 · Self, Director	Self, Director
PPetersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment1998 · рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан, Director	рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан, Director
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat1998 · Actor, Writer, Director	Actor, Writer, Director
DDocumenta X - Die Filme1997 · Director	Director
A Humble Life1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer