Aleksandr Sokurov

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

June 14, 1951 (age 74)

Place of Birth

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

Also Known As

Alexander Sokurov

Александр Сокуров

알렉산드르 소쿠로프

Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Sokourov

Aleksandr Sokourov

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.

Known For

Filmography

2026FilmNaum. Predictionsas self2025FilmDirector's Diaryas Self2019FilmVoices in the Old Walls2015FilmFrancofoniaas (voice)2014FilmVoice of Sokurovas Himself2013FilmThe Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czarsas Himself - Filmmaker2013FilmFilm about the filmas himself2012FilmAlexander Sokurov. Temptation2011TVAgnès Varda: From Here to Thereas Self2011FilmAgnès Varda: From Here to Thereas Self2011TVThe Story of Film: An Odysseyas Self2010FilmWe Need Happinessas Narrator (voice)2010TVMatussek trifftas Self2009FilmThe Art of Timeas Self2009FilmElegy of a Voyageas The Traveler (uncredited)2008FilmAleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall treeas Self2008FilmAlexander Sokurov: Questions about cinemaas Himself2006FilmSokurovas himself2006FilmElegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskayaas Himself2003FilmIn One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Arkas Himself2003FilmKiraas Self2003FilmIslands. Alexander Sokurov2002FilmRussian Arkas The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)1998FilmThe Knotas Self1998FilmPetersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartmentas рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан1998FilmThe Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat1997FilmThe Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevskyas (voice)1997FilmRobert. A Fortunate Lifeas Narrator1997FilmEdward Shelganov visiting Sokurov1996FilmOriental Elegyas Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1995FilmA Soldier's Dream1991FilmAn Example of Intonationas Self1990FilmSimple Elegy1990FilmLeningrad Retrospective1989FilmSoviet Elegyas Narrator (voice)1989FilmPetersburg Elegyas Narrator1987FilmMoscow Elegyas Narrator (voice)1987FilmAnd Nothing Moreas narrator (voice)1981FilmYou Should Survive1979FilmVGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

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