Aleksei Balabanov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oktyabrinovich and the family name is Balabanov.

Aleksei Balabanov
Born(1959-02-25)25 February 1959
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died18 May 2013(2013-05-18) (aged 54)
Sestroretsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
OccupationFilm director
Years active1989 – 2012

Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (Russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013)[1] was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy.[2] 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), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr.[3] Later, Balabanov directed the films Cargo 200 (2007), Morphine (2008) and A Stoker (2010) which also received critical recognition.[4]

  1. ^ "Russian cult film director Alexei Balabanov dies". BBC News. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 75–78. ISBN 978-1442268425.
  3. ^ "Aleksei Balabanov: The Metropole's Death Drive". The Imperial Trace : Recent Russian Cinema. Oxford University Press. 2009. pp. 217–236. ISBN 978-0199710546.
  4. ^ "Russian cult film director Balabanov dies". Herald Sun. 19 May 2013.