Aleksandr Sokurov
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 14, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
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.
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Filmography
France, toi, France
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Director's Diary
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Fairytale
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Go. Go. Go
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Francofonia
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Faust
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We Need Happiness
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Intonation. Yuri Schmidt
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Intonation. Valery Zorkin
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Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin
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Intonation. Arsen Kanokov
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Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky
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Intonation. Boris Averin
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The Ways of the World: Vol. 1
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Reading Book of Blockade
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Elegy of a Voyage
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Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
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Alexandra
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Boris Godounov
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The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion
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Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
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The Sun
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem
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Father and Son
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Russian Ark
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Taurus
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Dolce
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Moloch
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The Knot
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Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
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Confession
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Mother and Son
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A Humble Life
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Robert. A Fortunate Life
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Documenta X - Die Filme
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The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
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Oriental Elegy
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Celebrate Cinema 101
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Spiritual Voices
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A Soldier's Dream
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Whispering Pages
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Elegy from Russia
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Stone
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An Example of Intonation
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The Second Circle
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Save and Protect
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Leningrad Retrospective
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Simple Elegy
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To the Events in Transcaucasia
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Soviet Elegy
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Petersburg Elegy
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Sonata for Hitler
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Days of Eclipse
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Maria
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Mournful Unconcern
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Moscow Elegy
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The Lonely Voice of Man
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Empire
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The Evening Sacrifice
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And Nothing More
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Elegy
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Patience Labour
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Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola
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The Degraded
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Last Day of a Rainy Summer
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Callsign R1NN
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Summer of Maria Voynova
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The Earthliest of Concerns
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The Automobile Gains in Reliability
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