Person

Aleksei Balabanov

Directing · 1959–2013 · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR

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.

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  Secrets Shared with a Stranger

  Producer

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  Brother

  Director

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  Plankton Salesmen

  Self (archive footage)

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  Cargo 200

  Director

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  Dead Man's Bluff

  Director

• Trofim

  сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»

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  Brother 2

  Director

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  There used to be another time

  Director

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  Of Freaks and Men

  Director

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  About air flying in Russia

  Director

• 2023Aleksey Balabanov. Postscriptself (archive)
• 2022Balabanov. Belltower. Requiemself (archive)
• 2021We Others Will Notself (archive)
• 2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)
• 2012Me TooDirector
• 2010The StokerDirector
• 2008MorphineDirector
• 2007Cargo 200Director
• 2006It Doesn't Hurt MeDirector
• 2005Dead Man's BluffDirector
• 2002WarDirector
• 2002RiverScreenplay
• 2000Brother 2Director
• 2000How «Brother 2» Was Filmedself
• 1998Of Freaks and MenDirector
• 1997BrotherDirector
• 1996The Arrival of a Train
• 1996Secrets Shared with a StrangerProducer
• 1996Sergei Eisenstein: AutobiographyProducer
• 1995Trofimсотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»
• 1994The CastleDirector
• 1991Happy DaysDirector
• 1989Nastya and EgorDirector
• 1989About air flying in RussiaDirector
• 1988One Step BeyondDirector
• 1987There used to be another timeDirector