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.
Filmography
all 91
Movies 87
Director 53
self 15
Narrator 11
Producer 4
TV Shows 4
Vad'd'a. Ordeal (2023)
Russian Dreams (2023)
The Last Days of Humanity (2023)
Fairytale (2022)
Gjirokastra (2022)
A Russian Youth (2019)
The Life Of My Friend (2017)
Closeness (2017)
The Art of Time (2017)
Go. Go. Go (2016)
Francofonia (2015)
Voice of Sokurov (2014)
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars (2013)
Film about the film (2013)
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation (2012)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
Faust (2011)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
We Need Happiness (2010)
Intonation. Yuri Schmidt (2010)
Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin (2010)
Intonation. Valery Zorkin (2010)
Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky (2010)
Intonation. Arsen Kanokov (2010)
Intonation. Boris Averin (2010)
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1 (2010)
Matussek trifft (2010)
Reading Book of Blockade (2009)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree (2008)
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov (2008)
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema (2008)
Alexandra (2007)
Boris Godounov (2007)
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion (2007)
Sokurov (2006)
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya (2006)
The Sun (2005)
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem (2004)
Father and Son (2003)
Kira (2003)
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (2003)
Russian Ark (2002)
Elegy of a Voyage (2001)
Taurus (2001)
Dolce (2000)
Moloch (1999)
The Knot (1998)
Confession (1998)
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat (1998)
Confession (1998)
Documenta X - Die Filme (1997)
A Humble Life (1997)
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky (1997)
Robert. A Fortunate Life (1997)
Mother and Son (1997)
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov (1997)
Oriental Elegy (1996)
Celebrate Cinema 101 (1996)
Spiritual Voices (1995)
A Soldier's Dream (1995)
Whispering Pages (1994)
Elegy from Russia (1993)
Stone (1992)
An Example of Intonation (1991)
To the Events in Transcaucasia (1990)
The Second Circle (1990)
Simple Elegy (1990)
Leningrad Retrospective (1990)
Soviet Elegy (1989)
Petersburg Elegy (1989)
Save and Protect (1989)
Sonata for Hitler (1989)
Days of Eclipse (1988)
Maria (1988)
The Evening Sacrifice (1987)
The Lonely Voice of Man (1987)
Empire (1987)
Moscow Elegy (1987)
Mournful Unconcern (1987)
And Nothing More (1987)
Elegy (1986)
Patience Labour (1985)
Ты должен жить (1981)
Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola (1981)
The Degraded (1980)
Last Day of a Rainy Summer (1979)
Summer of Maria Voynova (1975)
Callsign R1NN (1975)
The Automobile Gains in Reliability (1974)
The Earthliest of Concerns (1974)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1951-06-14 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceIrkutsky District, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsAlexander Sokurov, Александр Сокуров, 알렉산드르 소쿠로프
AwardsHonored Artist of the Russian Federation, State Prize of the Russian Federation, TEFI, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize, Officer of Arts and Letters, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Order of the Rising Sun, Nika Award, Golden Lion
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