
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
Occupation
Movie · Producer
The Extremists
Movie · Producer
Vincent Must Die
Movie · Producer
It's All Going Very Well...
Movie · Producer

Butterfly Jam
Movie · Producer

Dissident
Movie · Producer

Place to Be
Movie · Producer

At the Sea
Movie · Producer

The Road to Jericho
Movie · Producer

High Value Target
TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps

Orphan
Movie · Producer

Dreams
Movie · Producer

Notes of a True Criminal
Movie · Producer

Connected
Movie · Producer

Steppenwolf
Movie · Producer

Of Dogs and Men
Movie · Producer

Adrift
Movie · Producer

Once Within a Time
Movie · Executive Producer

Headshot
TV · Producer · 8 eps

Mama, I'm Home
Movie · Producer

Unclenching the Fists
Movie · Producer

Chernobyl: Abyss
Movie · Producer

Where Is Anne Frank
Movie · Producer

Seventh Symphony
TV · Producer · 8 eps

The Fisherman's Daughter
Movie · Producer

(UN)Ideal Man
Movie · Producer

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
Movie · Producer

Zakon i Besporyadok
TV · Producer · 5 eps

Beanpole
Movie · Producer

The Ninth
Movie · Producer

The Lenin Factor
Movie · Producer

Raya Knows Everything
TV · Producer · 50 eps

The Man Who Surprised Everyone
Movie · Producer

Loveless
Movie · Producer

Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director
Movie · Producer

Nazidanie
Movie · Producer

Lenin: Revolution Chronicles
TV · Producer · 6 eps

Dr. Richter
TV · Producer · 24 eps

The Duelist
Movie · Producer

Investigator Tikhonov
TV · Producer · 20 eps

Raya Knows
TV · Producer · 10 eps

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Movie · Producer

Leviathan
Movie · Producer

The Adventurers
Movie · Producer

Demons
TV · Producer · 4 eps

Jayne Mansfield's Car
Movie · Producer

Machete Kills
Movie · Producer

The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Movie · Producer

Stalingrad
Movie · Producer

Standing Up
Movie · Producer

Russia's History Revealed
TV · Producer · 3 eps

Nepal Forever
Movie · Producer

Cloud Atlas
Movie · Producer

The White Guard
TV · Producer · 8 eps

Elena
Movie · Producer

I Love You
Movie · Producer

Innocent Saturday
Movie · Producer

Carré Blanc
Movie · Co-Producer

¡Vivan las Antipodas!
Movie · Executive Producer

The Inhabited Island
Movie · Producer

First Love
Movie · Producer

The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
Movie · Producer

Russia 88
Movie · Executive Producer

The Best Movie 2
Movie · Executive Producer

Margosha
TV · Producer · 60 eps

Kremlin cadets
TV · Executive Producer · 80 eps

Ranetki
TV · Producer · 20 eps

The Gardener
Movie · Producer

18-14
Movie · Producer

Let's Play!
Movie · Producer
May
Movie · Producer

Daddy's Daughters
TV · Producer · 410 eps
A Phantom House for a Dowry
TV · Producer · 4 eps

The Heat
Movie · Producer

Piter FM
Movie · Producer

Cadetship
TV · Producer · 160 eps

Close People
TV · Producer · 4 eps

Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska
TV · Producer · 24 eps

9th Company
Movie · Producer

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie · Producer

The Sun
Movie · Producer

Twilight
Movie · Producer

Soldiers Decameron
Movie · Producer

Not Born Beautiful
TV · Producer · 200 eps

Большое зло и мелкие пакости
TV · Producer · 2 eps

Multiplying Sadness
TV · Producer · 6 eps

Мой личный враг
TV · Producer · 4 eps

Special Purpose Girlfriend
TV · Producer · 4 eps

Molody i schastlivy
TV · Supervising Producer · 12 eps

Guidebook
Movie · Producer

Stolen Happiness
Movie · Producer

A Driver for Vera
Movie · Producer

Careful, Zadov!
TV · Producer · 29 eps

My Fair Nanny
TV · Producer · 173 eps

Cavaliers of the Starfish
TV · Producer · 8 eps

Viola Tarakanova
TV · Producer · 15 eps

Dear Masha Berezina
TV · Co-Producer · 60 eps

Chervonian Renaissance
TV · Producer · 3 eps

Poor Nastya
TV · Producer · 127 eps

Keys to Death
TV · Producer · 8 eps

Bourgeois's Birthday
TV · Producer · 30 eps

East/West
Movie · Producer
Two Moons, Three Suns
Movie · Producer

The World of Sasha Shumovich
Movie · Producer

A Chef in Love
Movie · Producer

Josephine the Singer and the Mice People
Movie · Producer

Gagarin, I Loved You
Movie · Producer