Aleksei Balabanov
Directing
Born: February 25, 1959 · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
Died: May 18, 2013 (aged 54)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Brother
1997
Brother 2
2000
Cargo 200
2007
Dead Man's Bluff
2005
War
2002
Of Freaks and Men
1998
Morphine
2008
Me Too
2012
The Stoker
2010
It Doesn't Hurt Me
2006
The Castle
1994
Happy Days
1991
Photos (2)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (5)
Directing (18)
Cargo 200
Director
Dead Man's Bluff
Director
Brother
Director
Brother 2
Director
Morphine
Director
Of Freaks and Men
Director
War
Director
The Arrival of a Train
Director
One Step Beyond
Director
It Doesn't Hurt Me
Director
The Castle
Director
The Stoker
Director
About air flying in Russia
Director
There used to be another time
Director
Me Too
Director
Nastya and Egor
Director
River
Director
Happy Days
Director
Writing (16)
Cargo 200
Writer
Dead Man's Bluff
Writer
Brother
Writer
Brother 2
Writer
Of Freaks and Men
Writer
War
Writer
The Arrival of a Train
Screenplay
One Step Beyond
Screenplay
It Doesn't Hurt Me
Writer
The Castle
Writer
The Stoker
Writer
There used to be another time
Screenplay
Me Too
Screenplay
Nastya and Egor
Screenplay
River
Screenplay
Happy Days
Screenplay
