Aleksey Balabanov

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-02-25 (54 years old)

Deathday

2013-05-18

Place of Birth

俄罗斯,叶卡捷琳堡

Aleksey Balabanov

Biography

Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.

Acting

2012

Me Too

as Director

2022

2023

2017

Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)

1995

Trofim

as сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»

2021

We Others Will Not

as self (archive)

Production

1997

Brother

as Director

2000

Brother 2

as Director

2005

Dead Man's Bluff

as Director

1997

Brother

as Writer

2002

River

as Screenplay

1991

Happy Days

as Director

2007

Cargo 200

as Writer

2007

Cargo 200

as Director

2006

2008

Morphine

as Director

2010

The Stoker

as Writer

2010

The Stoker

as Director

2002

War

as Writer

2002

War

as Director

1998

1994

The Castle

as Director

2012

Me Too

as Director

2012

Me Too

as Screenplay

1995

Trofim

as Director

2002

River

as Director

2000

Brother 2

as Writer

2005

2006

1994

The Castle

as Writer

1998

1989

Nastya and Egor

as Director

1989

Nastya and Egor

as Screenplay

1988

One Step Beyond

as Screenplay

1988

One Step Beyond

as Director

1991

Happy Days

as Screenplay

1996

1996

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