Aleksandr Sokurov

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-06-14 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)

Aleksandr Sokurov

Biography

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...

Acting

1987

And Nothing More

as narrator (voice)

2002

Russian Ark

as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

1989

Petersburg Elegy

as Narrator

1989

Soviet Elegy

as Narrator (voice)

2014

2023

The Last Days of Humanity

as Self (archive footage)

2010

We Need Happiness

as Narrator (voice)

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Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева

as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан

2015

Francofonia

as (voice)

2003

Kira

as Self

2013

2009

Elegy of a Voyage

as The Traveler (uncredited)

1998

The Knot

as Self

2006

Sokurov

as himself

1996

Oriental Elegy

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1987

Moscow Elegy

as Narrator (voice)

2009

Production

1997

Mother and Son

as Director

2003

Father and Son

as Director

2002

Russian Ark

as Director

1988

Days of Eclipse

as Director

2001

Taurus

as Director

2007

Alexandra

as Writer

2007

Alexandra

as Director

1997

A Humble Life

as Director

2022

Fairytale

as Director

1999

Moloch

as Director

2011

Faust

as Director

2011

Faust

as Screenplay

2005

The Sun

as Director

1990

1995

Spiritual Voices

as Director

1995

1989

Soviet Elegy

as Director

1994

Whispering Pages

as Screenplay

1994

Whispering Pages

as Director

1990

Save and Protect

as Director

1992

Stone

as Director

1987

1996

1989

Petersburg Elegy

as Director

1996

Oriental Elegy

as Director

2009

1987

Moscow Elegy

as Director

1986

Elegy

as Director

1995

1987

Empire

as Director

2016

Go. Go. Go

as Screenplay

1998

The Knot

as Director

2022

Fairytale

as Screenplay

2002

Russian Ark

as Writer

1989

1989

2015

Francofonia

as Director

2015

Francofonia

as Screenplay

1980

The Degraded

as Writer

1980

The Degraded

as Director

1988

Maria

as Director

1998

Confession

as Director

2000

Dolce

as Director

2010

1985

Patience Labour

as Director

1975

Callsign R1NN

as Director

1996

2005

The Sun

as Director of Photography

1987

Empire

as Director of Photography

2007

Boris Godounov

as Stage Director

1998

Confession

as Writer

1995

2016

Go. Go. Go

as Stage Director

1997

A Humble Life

as Writer

1989

Soviet Elegy

as Writer

2023

Vad'd'a. Ordeal

as Executive Producer

1993

1993

Elegy from Russia

as Screenplay

1987

1987

And Nothing More

as Director

2002

Russian Ark

as Dialogue

2009

1990

Simple Elegy

as Director

2024

Gjirokastra

as Art Direction

2023

Russian Dreams

as Production Consultant

2017

2017

Closeness

as Producer

1988

I Love You All Very Much...

as Creative Producer

1988

Maria

as Writer

1990

Simple Elegy

as Writer

2001

Taurus

as Director of Photography

2019

A Russian Youth

as Creative Producer

1987

Moscow Elegy

as Writer

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