Alexander Rodnyansky

Alexander Rodnyansky

Known for
Production
Born
July 2, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Biography

Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media manager, Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network, 1+1, and ran Russian CTC Media, which, under his management, became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly. Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career. Some of his most notable projects include Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless(2017), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko. Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member. Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless. Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years. Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Occupation

Occupation

Movie · Producer

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The Extremists

The Extremists

Movie · Producer

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Vincent Must Die

Vincent Must Die

Movie · Producer

2027
It's All Going Very Well...

It's All Going Very Well...

Movie · Producer

2026
Butterfly Jam poster

Butterfly Jam

Movie · Producer

2026
Dissident poster

Dissident

Movie · Producer

2026
Place to Be poster

Place to Be

Movie · Producer

2026
At the Sea poster

At the Sea

Movie · Producer

2026
The Road to Jericho poster

The Road to Jericho

Movie · Producer

2026
High Value Target poster

High Value Target

TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

2025
Orphan poster

Orphan

Movie · Producer

2025
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · Producer

2025
Notes of a True Criminal poster

Notes of a True Criminal

Movie · Producer

2025
Connected poster

Connected

Movie · Producer

2024
Steppenwolf poster

Steppenwolf

Movie · Producer

2024
Of Dogs and Men poster

Of Dogs and Men

Movie · Producer

2023
Adrift poster

Adrift

Movie · Producer

2023
Once Within a Time poster

Once Within a Time

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Headshot poster

Headshot

TV · Producer · 8 eps

2022
Mama, I'm Home poster

Mama, I'm Home

Movie · Producer

2021
Unclenching the Fists poster

Unclenching the Fists

Movie · Producer

2021
Chernobyl: Abyss poster

Chernobyl: Abyss

Movie · Producer

2021
Where Is Anne Frank poster

Where Is Anne Frank

Movie · Producer

2021
Seventh Symphony poster

Seventh Symphony

TV · Producer · 8 eps

2020
The Fisherman's Daughter poster

The Fisherman's Daughter

Movie · Producer

2020
(UN)Ideal Man poster

(UN)Ideal Man

Movie · Producer

2020
Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest poster

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest

Movie · Producer

2020
Zakon i Besporyadok poster

Zakon i Besporyadok

TV · Producer · 5 eps

2019
Beanpole poster

Beanpole

Movie · Producer

2019
The Ninth poster

The Ninth

Movie · Producer

2019
The Lenin Factor poster

The Lenin Factor

Movie · Producer

2019
Raya Knows Everything poster

Raya Knows Everything

TV · Producer · 50 eps

2018
The Man Who Surprised Everyone poster

The Man Who Surprised Everyone

Movie · Producer

2017
Loveless poster

Loveless

Movie · Producer

2017
Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director poster

Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director

Movie · Producer

2017
Nazidanie poster

Nazidanie

Movie · Producer

2017
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles poster

Lenin: Revolution Chronicles

TV · Producer · 6 eps

2017
Dr. Richter poster

Dr. Richter

TV · Producer · 24 eps

2016
The Duelist poster

The Duelist

Movie · Producer

2016
Investigator Tikhonov poster

Investigator Tikhonov

TV · Producer · 20 eps

2015
Raya Knows poster

Raya Knows

TV · Producer · 10 eps

2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Movie · Producer

2014
Leviathan poster

Leviathan

Movie · Producer

2014
The Adventurers poster

The Adventurers

Movie · Producer

2014
Demons poster

Demons

TV · Producer · 4 eps

2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car poster

Jayne Mansfield's Car

Movie · Producer

2013
Machete Kills poster

Machete Kills

Movie · Producer

2013
The Dyatlov Pass Incident poster

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Movie · Producer

2013
Stalingrad poster

Stalingrad

Movie · Producer

2013
Standing Up poster

Standing Up

Movie · Producer

2013
Russia's History Revealed poster

Russia's History Revealed

TV · Producer · 3 eps

2012
Nepal Forever poster

Nepal Forever

Movie · Producer

2012
Cloud Atlas poster

Cloud Atlas

Movie · Producer

2012
The White Guard poster

The White Guard

TV · Producer · 8 eps

2011
Elena poster

Elena

Movie · Producer

2011
I Love You poster

I Love You

Movie · Producer

2011
Innocent Saturday poster

Innocent Saturday

Movie · Producer

2011
Carré Blanc poster

Carré Blanc

Movie · Co-Producer

2011
¡Vivan las Antipodas! poster

¡Vivan las Antipodas!

Movie · Executive Producer

2009
The Inhabited Island poster

The Inhabited Island

Movie · Producer

2009
First Love poster

First Love

Movie · Producer

2009
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion poster

The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion

Movie · Producer

2009
Russia 88 poster

Russia 88

Movie · Executive Producer

2009
The Best Movie 2 poster

The Best Movie 2

Movie · Executive Producer

2009
Margosha poster

Margosha

TV · Producer · 60 eps

2009
Kremlin cadets poster

Kremlin cadets

TV · Executive Producer · 80 eps

2008
Ranetki poster

Ranetki

TV · Producer · 20 eps

2007
The Gardener poster

The Gardener

Movie · Producer

2007
18-14 poster

18-14

Movie · Producer

2007
Let's Play! poster

Let's Play!

Movie · Producer

2007
May

May

Movie · Producer

2007
Daddy's Daughters poster

Daddy's Daughters

TV · Producer · 410 eps

2007
A Phantom House for a Dowry

A Phantom House for a Dowry

TV · Producer · 4 eps

2006
The Heat poster

The Heat

Movie · Producer

2006
Piter FM poster

Piter FM

Movie · Producer

2006
Cadetship poster

Cadetship

TV · Producer · 160 eps

2006
Close People poster

Close People

TV · Producer · 4 eps

2006
Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska poster

Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska

TV · Producer · 24 eps

2005
9th Company poster

9th Company

Movie · Producer

2005
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves poster

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Movie · Producer

2005
The Sun poster

The Sun

Movie · Producer

2005
Twilight poster

Twilight

Movie · Producer

2005
Soldiers Decameron poster

Soldiers Decameron

Movie · Producer

2005
Not Born Beautiful poster

Not Born Beautiful

TV · Producer · 200 eps

2005
Большое зло и мелкие пакости poster

Большое зло и мелкие пакости

TV · Producer · 2 eps

2005
Multiplying Sadness poster

Multiplying Sadness

TV · Producer · 6 eps

2005
Мой личный враг poster

Мой личный враг

TV · Producer · 4 eps

2005
Special Purpose Girlfriend poster

Special Purpose Girlfriend

TV · Producer · 4 eps

2005
Molody i schastlivy poster

Molody i schastlivy

TV · Supervising Producer · 12 eps

2004
Guidebook poster

Guidebook

Movie · Producer

2004
Stolen Happiness poster

Stolen Happiness

Movie · Producer

2004
A Driver for Vera poster

A Driver for Vera

Movie · Producer

2004
Careful, Zadov! poster

Careful, Zadov!

TV · Producer · 29 eps

2004
My Fair Nanny poster

My Fair Nanny

TV · Producer · 173 eps

2004
Cavaliers of the Starfish poster

Cavaliers of the Starfish

TV · Producer · 8 eps

2004
Viola Tarakanova poster

Viola Tarakanova

TV · Producer · 15 eps

2004
Dear Masha Berezina poster

Dear Masha Berezina

TV · Co-Producer · 60 eps

2004
Chervonian Renaissance poster

Chervonian Renaissance

TV · Producer · 3 eps

2003
Poor Nastya poster

Poor Nastya

TV · Producer · 127 eps

2002
Keys to Death poster

Keys to Death

TV · Producer · 8 eps

2000
Bourgeois's Birthday poster

Bourgeois's Birthday

TV · Producer · 30 eps

1999
East/West poster

East/West

Movie · Producer

1998
Two Moons, Three Suns

Two Moons, Three Suns

Movie · Producer

1997
The World of Sasha Shumovich poster

The World of Sasha Shumovich

Movie · Producer

1996
A Chef in Love poster

A Chef in Love

Movie · Producer

1994
Josephine the Singer and the Mice People poster

Josephine the Singer and the Mice People

Movie · Producer

1991
Gagarin, I Loved You poster

Gagarin, I Loved You

Movie · Producer