Aleksandr Sokurov

Known for DirectingBorn 1951-06-14 (age 75)village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Documenta X - Die Filme

Confession

The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem

An Example of Intonation

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

Elegy of a Voyage

The Knot

Russian Ark

Fairytale

Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

Closeness

In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark

The Sun

Faust

Francofonia

Voice of Sokurov

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

Mother and Son

Dolce

A Humble Life

The Second Circle

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

Robert. A Fortunate Life

Elegy from Russia

The Earthliest of Concerns

Moscow Elegy

Moloch

Alexandra

Oriental Elegy

Elegy

The Degraded

Whispering Pages

Spiritual Voices

Simple Elegy

Petersburg Elegy

Taurus

Maria

The Automobile Gains in Reliability

Father and Son

Days of Eclipse

The Lonely Voice of Man

A Russian Youth

Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

The Life Of My Friend

Soviet Elegy

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

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