Director
Aleksei Balabanov
67 years · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR · 25 films
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.
Best known for
Filmography 25
Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript
2023 · self (archive)
Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem
2022 · self (archive)
We Others Will Not
2021 · self (archive)
Plankton Salesmen
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Me Too
2012 · Director, Screenplay
The Stoker
2010 · Writer, Director
Morphine
2008 · Director
Cargo 200
2007 · Writer, Director
On Hoopla
It Doesn't Hurt Me
2006 · Director, Writer
Dead Man's Bluff
2005 · Director, Writer
War
2002 · Writer, Director
River
2002 · Screenplay, Director
Brother 2
2000 · Director, Writer
How «Brother 2» Was Filmed
2000 · self
Of Freaks and Men
1998 · Director, Writer
Brother
1997 · Writer, Director
The Arrival of a Train
1996 · Actor, Director
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996 · Producer
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996 · Producer
The Castle
1994 · Director, Writer
Happy Days
1991 · Director, Screenplay
Nastya and Egor
1989 · Screenplay, Director
About air flying in Russia
1989 · Director
One Step Beyond
1988 · Director, Screenplay