Aleksandr Sokurov
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-06-14 (73 years old)
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.
Acting
Петербургский дневник: Квартира Козинцева
as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан
(2023)
The Last Days of Humanity
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
(2015)
Francofonia
as (voice)
(2014)
Voice of Sokurov
as Himself
(2013)
Film about the film
as himself
(2013)
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker
(2012)
(2011)
(2010)
We Need Happiness
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
The Art of Time
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
(2006)
(2006)
Sokurov
as himself
(2003)
(2003)
Kira
as Self
(2002)
Russian Ark
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
(2001)
(1998)
(1998)
The Knot
as Self
(1997)
(1997)
Robert. A Fortunate Life
as Narrator
(1997)
(1996)
Oriental Elegy
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1995)
(1991)
An Example of Intonation
as Self
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
Petersburg Elegy
as Narrator
(1989)
Soviet Elegy
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
And Nothing More
as narrator (voice)
(1987)
Moscow Elegy
as Narrator (voice)
(1981)
(1979)
Crew
(2024)
Gjirokastra
Art Direction
(2023)
Vad'd'a. Ordeal
Executive Producer
(2023)
Russian Dreams
Production Consultant
(2022)
Fairytale
Director, Screenplay
(2019)
A Russian Youth
Creative Producer
(2017)
The Life Of My Friend
Producer
(2017)
Closeness
Producer
(2016)
Go. Go. Go
Screenplay, Stage Director
(2015)
Francofonia
Director, Screenplay
(2011)
Faust
Director, Screenplay
(2010)
We Need Happiness
Director
(2010)
Intonation. Yuri Schmidt
Director
(2010)
Intonation. Valery Zorkin
Director
(2010)
Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin
Director
(2010)
Intonation. Arsen Kanokov
Director
(2010)
Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky
Director
(2010)
Intonation. Boris Averin
Director
(2010)
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1
Director
(2009)
Reading Book of Blockade
Director
(2008)
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
Director
(2007)
Alexandra
Writer, Director
(2007)
Boris Godounov
Stage Director
(2007)
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion
Director
(2006)
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Director, Writer
(2005)
The Sun
Director, Director of Photography
(2004)
(2003)
Father and Son
Director
(2002)
Russian Ark
Director, Writer, Dialogue
(2001)
Taurus
Director, Director of Photography
(2001)
Elegy of a Voyage
Director, Producer, Writer
(2000)
Dolce
Director
(1999)
Moloch
Director
(1998)
The Knot
Director
(1998)
Confession
Director, Writer
(1998)
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Writer, Director
(1997)
Mother and Son
Director
(1997)
A Humble Life
Director, Writer
(1997)
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Director, Writer
(1997)
Documenta X - Die Filme
Director
(1997)
(1996)
Oriental Elegy
Writer, Director
(1996)
Celebrate Cinema 101
Director
(1995)
Spiritual Voices
Director, Writer
(1995)
A Soldier's Dream
Director, Writer
(1994)
Whispering Pages
Screenplay, Director
(1993)
Elegy from Russia
Director, Screenplay
(1992)
Stone
Director
(1991)
An Example of Intonation
Director, Writer
(1990)
The Second Circle
Director
(1990)
Save and Protect
Director
(1990)
Leningrad Retrospective
Director
(1990)
To the Events in Transcaucasia
Writer, Director
(1990)
Simple Elegy
Director, Writer
(1989)
Soviet Elegy
Director, Writer
(1989)
Petersburg Elegy
Director
(1989)
Sonata for Hitler
Director, Writer
(1988)
Days of Eclipse
Director
(1988)
Maria
Director, Writer
(1988)
I Love You All Very Much...
Creative Producer
(1987)
Mournful Unconcern
Director
(1987)
Moscow Elegy
Director, Writer
(1987)
The Lonely Voice of Man
Director
(1987)
Empire
Director, Director of Photography
(1987)
The Evening Sacrifice
Writer, Director
(1987)
And Nothing More
Director
(1986)
Elegy
Director
(1985)
Patience Labour
Director
(1981)
(1980)
The Degraded
Writer, Director
(1979)
Last Day of a Rainy Summer
Director, Writer
(1975)
Callsign R1NN
Director
(1975)
Summer of Maria Voynova
Director
(1974)
The Earthliest of Concerns
Director, Writer
(1974)
The Automobile Gains in Reliability
Director, Editor