Aleksandr Sokurov
Directing
Born: June 14, 1951 (age 75) · village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Highest Rated
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.
Photos (5)
Movies (20)
Russian Ark
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Francofonia
(voice)
Soviet Elegy
Narrator (voice)
Elegy of a Voyage
The Traveler (uncredited)
Moscow Elegy
Narrator (voice)
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
Leningrad Retrospective
1990
Voices in the Old Walls
2019
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998
You Should Survive
1981
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
A Soldier's Dream
1995
Oriental Elegy
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
We Need Happiness
Narrator (voice)
Petersburg Elegy
Narrator
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
(voice)
And Nothing More
narrator (voice)
Simple Elegy
1990
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Narrator
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
1997
Self / Appearances (15)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 1 eps
Voice of Sokurov
Himself
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self · 1 eps
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Himself - Filmmaker
Director's Diary
Self
The Knot
Self
Naum. Predictions
self
The Art of Time
Self
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
Himself
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Himself
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Himself
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Self
Kira
Self
Sokurov
himself
Upcoming (1)
Directing (56)
Faust
Director
Russian Ark
Director
Mother and Son
Director
The Sun
Director
Confession
Director
Elegy
Director
Moloch
Director
Francofonia
Director
The Degraded
Director
Soviet Elegy
Director
Father and Son
Director
Director's Diary
Director
Elegy of a Voyage
Director
Patience Labour
Director
The Knot
Director
Fairytale
Director
Stone
Director
Moscow Elegy
Director
The Lonely Voice of Man
Director
Whispering Pages
Director
Alexandra
Director
Celebrate Cinema 101
Director
Taurus
Director
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion
Director
Days of Eclipse
Director
Reading Book of Blockade
Director
Save and Protect
Director
Leningrad Retrospective
Director
Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola
Director
The Second Circle
Director
Mournful Unconcern
Director
Empire
Director
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Director
Dolce
Director
A Humble Life
Director
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Director
Go. Go. Go
Director
A Soldier's Dream
Director
Maria
Director
Oriental Elegy
Director
Callsign R1NN
Director
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
Director
Boris Godounov
Stage Director
Last Day of a Rainy Summer
Director
We Need Happiness
Director
Petersburg Elegy
Director
The Evening Sacrifice
Director
Spiritual Voices
Director
To the Events in Transcaucasia
Director
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
Director
Elegy from Russia
Director
And Nothing More
Director
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem
Director
Simple Elegy
Director
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Director
The Automobile Gains in Reliability
Director
Writing (31)
Faust
Screenplay
Russian Ark
Writer
Russian Ark
Dialogue
Confession
Writer
Francofonia
Screenplay
The Degraded
Writer
Soviet Elegy
Writer
Director's Diary
Writer
Elegy of a Voyage
Writer
A Russian Youth
Creative Producer
Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri
Screenplay
Fairytale
Screenplay
Moscow Elegy
Writer
Whispering Pages
Screenplay
Alexandra
Writer
I Love You All Very Much...
Creative Producer
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Writer
A Humble Life
Writer
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Writer
Go. Go. Go
Screenplay
A Soldier's Dream
Writer
Maria
Writer
Oriental Elegy
Writer
Last Day of a Rainy Summer
Writer
The Evening Sacrifice
Writer
Spiritual Voices
Writer
To the Events in Transcaucasia
Writer
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
Writer
Elegy from Russia
Screenplay
Simple Elegy
Writer
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Writer
