- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 14, 1951
- Place of Birth
- village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Aleksandr Sokurov
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…
Filmography
movieNaum. Predictions
2026 · self
movieDirector's Diary
2025 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer
movieGjirokastra
2024 · Art Direction
movieRussian Dreams
2023 · Production Consultant
movieFairytale
2022 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Russian Youth
2019 · Creative Producer
movieVoices in the Old Walls
2019
movieThe Life Of My Friend
2017 · Producer
movieCloseness
2017 · Producer
movieGo. Go. Go
2016 · Screenplay, Director
movieFrancofonia
2015 · (voice), Director, Screenplay
movieVoice of Sokurov
2014 · Himself
movieThe Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
2013 · Himself - Filmmaker
Film about the film
movieFilm about the film
2013 · himself
movieAlexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
tvAgnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · Self
movieFaust
2011 · Director, Screenplay
movieAgnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · Self
tvThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
movieWe Need Happiness
2010 · Narrator (voice), Director
Intonation. Arsen Kanokov
movieIntonation. Arsen Kanokov
2010 · Director
Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky
movieIntonation. Sergey Slonimsky
2010 · Director
Intonation. Valery Zorkin
movieIntonation. Valery Zorkin
2010 · Director
Intonation. Boris Averin
movieIntonation. Boris Averin
2010 · Director
Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin
movieIntonation. Vladimir Yakunin
2010 · Director
Intonation. Yuri Schmidt
movieIntonation. Yuri Schmidt
2010 · Director
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1
movieThe Ways of the World: Vol. 1
2010 · Director
Matussek trifft
tvMatussek trifft
2010 · Self
movieThe Art of Time
2009 · Self
movieReading Book of Blockade
2009 · Director
movieElegy of a Voyage
2009 · The Traveler (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieAleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
2008 · Self
movieRehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
2008 · Director
movieAlexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
2008 · Himself
movieAlexandra
2007 · Director, Writer
movieBoris Godounov
2007 · Stage Director
movieThe Andrei Tarkovsky Companion
2007 · Director
movieSokurov
2006 · himself
movieElegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
2006 · Himself, Director, Writer
movieThe Sun
2005 · Director, Director of Photography
movieThe Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem
2004 · Director
movieFather and Son
2003 · Director
movieIn One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
2003 · Himself
movieKira
2003 · Self
Islands. Alexander Sokurov
movieIslands. Alexander Sokurov
2003
movieRussian Ark
2002 · The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited), Director, Writer, Dialogue
movieTaurus
2001 · Director, Director of Photography
movieDolce
2000 · Director
movieMoloch
1999 · Director
movieThe Knot
1998 · Self, Director
tvConfession
1998 · Writer, Director, Creator
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
moviePetersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
1998 · рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан, Director
movieThe Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998 · , Writer, Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
movieDocumenta X - Die Filme
1997 · Director
movieA Humble Life
1997 · Director, Writer
movieThe Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
1997 · (voice), Writer, Director
movieRobert. A Fortunate Life
1997 · Narrator, Director, Writer
movieMother and Son
1997 · Director
movieEdward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
1997
movieOriental Elegy
1996 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieCelebrate Cinema 101
1996 · Director
movieSpiritual Voices
1995 · Director, Writer
movieA Soldier's Dream
1995 · , Director, Writer
movieWhispering Pages
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieElegy from Russia
1993 · Director, Screenplay
movieStone
1992 · Director
An Example of Intonation
movieAn Example of Intonation
1991 · Self, Director, Writer
movieTo the Events in Transcaucasia
1990 · Writer, Director
movieThe Second Circle
1990 · Director
movieSave and Protect
1990 · Director
movieSimple Elegy
1990 · , Director, Writer
movieLeningrad Retrospective
1990 · , Director
movieSoviet Elegy
1989 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
moviePetersburg Elegy
1989 · Narrator, Director
Sonata for Hitler
movieSonata for Hitler
1989 · Director, Writer
movieDays of Eclipse
1988 · Director
movieMaria
1988 · Director, Writer
movieI Love You All Very Much...
1988 · Creative Producer
movieThe Lonely Voice of Man
1987 · Director
movieThe Evening Sacrifice
1987 · Writer, Director
movieEmpire
1987 · Director, Director of Photography
movieMoscow Elegy
1987 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
movieMournful Unconcern
1987 · Director
movieAnd Nothing More
1987 · narrator (voice), Director
movieElegy
1986 · Director
moviePatience Labour
1985 · Director
movieYou Should Survive
1981
movieDmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola
1981 · Director
movieThe Degraded
1980 · Director, Writer
movieVGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
movieLast Day of a Rainy Summer
1979 · Director, Writer
movieCallsign R1NN
1975 · Director
Summer of Maria Voynova
movieSummer of Maria Voynova
1975 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Automobile Gains in Reliability
1974 · Director, Editor
The Earthliest of Concerns
movieThe Earthliest of Concerns
1974 · Director, Writer