Also Known As: Алексей Балабанов, Aleksey Balabanov, Alekseï Balabanov, Alexei Balabanov, Aleksei Balabanov, ალექსეი ბალაბანოვი, Олексій Балабанов
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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: 俄罗斯,叶卡捷琳堡
Birthday: February 25, 1959
Deathday: May 18, 2013
Adult: No
Gender: Male
Popularity:
Overview: Almanac of five short stories commissioned by ROSKOMKINO to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-10-08
Popularity:
Overview: Five passengers - the Bandit, his friend Matvei, Matvei's old father, the Musician, and a young woman - race along an empty road in a big black jeep, searching for the Belfry of Happiness which, according to hearsay, lies somewhere between St. Petersburg and the town of Uglich, near a deserted nuclear power station. The Belfry takes people, but it does not take everyone. Each of the five passengers believes that he or she will be chosen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-09-07
Popularity:
Overview: A documentary film dedicated to Alexei Balabanov and his latest film "I also want to".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2022-12-08
Popularity:
Overview: One of the last conversations with a popular director, excerpts from printed interviews over the years and, most importantly, Balabanov's personal diaries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2023-10-05
Popularity:
Overview: Documentary film with comments by Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Alexey Balabanov, Sergey Astakhov, Sergey Selyanov about the shooting of the famous film "Brother 2".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2000-05-07
Popularity:
Overview: A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2017-10-29
Popularity:
Overview: One of the three films that comprise Arrival of a Train, a collection of shorts made to celebrate the centenary of cinema. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the film follows Trofim, a Russian peasant jealous of his wife for having an affair with his brother. Trofim kills his brother and runs away to St. Petersburg. Then Trofim steps off the train in St. Petersburg, a cameraman who happens to be shooting on the platform captures his arrival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1995-10-07
Popularity:
Overview: The film “We Others Will Not” emerged as a direct continuation of numerous meetings and conversations with Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Alexei Balabanov. The idea to reflect again on the phenomenon of Sergei Bodrov Jr.’s identity belongs to Evgeniy Nikishov and Valeriy Fedorovich. Together we decided to go on this difficult journey. Close friends and colleagues talk about Sergei: the producer Sergei Selyanov, the designer Nadezhda Vasilyeva, the composer Vyacheslav Butusov, the cinematographer Sergei Astakhov, and also… Sergei Bodrov Jr. and the director Alexei Balabanov, whose films “Brother” and “Brother 2” acquired popular fame at the threshold of the 2000s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2021-10-07
Popularity: