Aleksandr Sokurov
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-06-14
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 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.
Also Known For
You Should Survive
May 01, 1981
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Jan 01, 1998
And Nothing More
Jan 01, 1987
Russian Ark
May 22, 2002
Petersburg Elegy
Nov 29, 1989
Soviet Elegy
Dec 31, 1989
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
May 14, 2012
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Apr 21, 2006
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
Jan 01, 1997
Voice of Sokurov
Jun 14, 2014
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
Sep 09, 2003
The Last Days of Humanity
May 08, 2023
We Need Happiness
Oct 20, 2010
An Example of Intonation
Jan 01, 1991
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Jan 01, 2008
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Apr 01, 1997
Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева
Francofonia
Nov 11, 2015
Kira
Jun 15, 2003
Film about the film
Jun 05, 2013
Elegy of a Voyage
Jun 24, 2009
The Knot
Dec 04, 1998
Sokurov
Nov 18, 2006
Oriental Elegy
Apr 26, 1996
Leningrad Retrospective
Jan 01, 1990
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
Apr 04, 1997
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Sep 01, 2013
Simple Elegy
Feb 03, 1990
Moscow Elegy
Apr 04, 1987
A Soldier's Dream
Jun 29, 1995
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Oct 01, 2011
The Art of Time
Oct 10, 2009
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Dec 11, 2008
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
Mar 22, 1979
Voices in the Old Walls
Feb 05, 2019
Naum. Premonitions
Jul 03, 2025
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Sep 03, 2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Dec 19, 2011