Aleksandr Sokurov

Directing

Born: 1951-06-14
From: village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

Also Known As

Alexander Sokurov알렉산드르 소쿠로프Alexandre Nikolaïevitch SokourovAleksandr SokourovAleksandr Nikolaïevitch SokourovА. СокуровA. 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.

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Awards & Nominations13 won · 4 nominated

🏆 Won

European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

2017
🏆 Won

State Prize of the Russian Federation

2014
🏆 Won

Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize

2014
🏆 Won

Laurel Branch Award

2011
🏆 Won

Golden Lion

2011
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Director

Russian Ark

2002
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Documentary

Elegy of a Voyage

2001
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Film

Moloch

1999
Nominated

Young European Film of the Year

Days of Eclipse

1988
🏆 Won

TEFI

🏆 Won

Honored art worker of the Russian Federation

🏆 Won

People's Artist of the Russian Federation

🏆 Won

Nika Award

🏆 Won

Order of the Rising Sun

🏆 Won

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

🏆 Won

Officer of Arts and Letters

🏆 Won

Nika Lifetime Achievement Award

Acting35 titles

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Writing29 titles

Production4 titles

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