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He was born with a disability because of an anatomic defect of his leg, in 1951 in Podorvikha village in Siberian Russia. His father was a Red Army veteran of WW2. One of most important contemporary filmmakers, Sokurov worked extensively in television and later graduated from the prestigious film school, VGIK, in 1979. His films often created ...
Date Of Birth June 14, 1951 Place Of Birth Podorvikha, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia] Profession Director, Writer, Actor Nationality Russian Star Sign Gemini
# Trademark 1 Paintings - Often includes long, accurate shots of real paintings in his film and his videos.
# Quote 1 [on his former teacher Andrei Tarkovsky ] He loved what I was doing but, to be honest, I was quite reserved about his work. In hindsight, I think, 'Wasn't I brave to go against him?' I was insane to argue with this great master. [2016] 2 There are no geniuses in film. It's not that sort of art form where you can create a perfect masterpiece. Literature, yes; music, probably yes; but never, ever film. [2016] 3 Anyone who would like to work in film - you have to know everything. You have to know more than everyone on the crew. It's the biggest challenge in being a director. [2016]
# Fact 1 Retrospective at the Beirut International Film Festival 13th Edition. [2013]. 2 Profiled in "Films and Dreams: Tarkovsky, Bergman, Sokurov, Kubrick and Wong Kar-Wei" by Thurston Botz-Borsnstein. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008. 3 Retrospective at the São Paulo International Film Festival. [2002]
Director Title Year Status Character Francofonia 2015 Documentary Il nous faut du bonheur 2011 Documentary Faust 2011/III Intonatsiya. Vladimir Yakunin 2010 Documentary Intonatsiya. Yuri Shmidt 2010 Documentary short Intonatsiya. Boris Averin 2010 Documentary short Intonatsiya. Arsen Kanokov 2010 Documentary short Intonatsiya. Sergei Slonimsky 2010 Documentary Intonatsiya. Valery Zorkin 2010 Documentary Chitaem 'Blokadnuyu knigu' 2009 Documentary Aleksandra 2007 Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. 2006 Documentary Solntse 2005 Peterburgskiy dnevnik: Mozart. Rekviem 2004 TV Movie documentary Otets i syn 2003 Russkiy kovcheg 2002 Elegiya dorogi 2001 Documentary Taurus 2001 Dolce... 2000 Documentary Uzel 2000 Documentary Moloch 1999 Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Kvartira Kozintseva 1998 TV Movie documentary Povinnost 1998 TV Mini-Series documentary 5 episodes Documenta X - Die Filme 1997 Documentary Smirennaya zhizn 1997 Documentary Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn 1997 Short Mother and Son 1997 Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Otkritie pamyatnika Dostoeskomu 1997 TV Movie documentary Vostochnaya elegiya 1996 Short Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny. Povestvovanie v pyati chastyakh 1995 Documentary Soldatskiy son 1995 Documentary short Tikhiye stranitsy 1994 Elegiya iz Rossii 1993 Documentary Kamen 1992 Primer intonatsii 1991 Documentary Leningradskaya retrospektiva (1957-1990) 1990 Documentary Prostaya elegiya 1990 Documentary short Krug vtoroy 1990 K sobytiyam v Zakavkazye 1990 Documentary short Peterburgskaya elegiya 1989 Documentary short Sonata dlya Gitlera 1989 Documentary short Sovetskaya elegiya 1989 Short Spasi i sokhrani 1989 Dni zatmeniya 1988 I nichego bolshe 1988 Documentary Zhertva vechernyaya 1988 Short Ampir 1987 Short Moskovskaya elegiya 1987 Documentary Patience Labour 1987 Short Odinokiy golos cheloveka 1987 Skorbnoye beschuvstviye 1987 Elegiya 1986 Documentary short Altovaya sonata. Dmitriy Shostakovich 1981 Documentary Razzhalovannyy 1980 Short Posledni den' nenastnogo leta 1979 Documentary short Mariya 1975 TV Short Pozyvnye R1NN 1975 TV Movie documentary Avtomobil nabiraet nadezhnost 1974 TV Short documentary as A. Sokurov Samye zemnye zaboty 1974 TV Movie documentary
Writer Title Year Status Character Francofonia 2015 Documentary Il nous faut du bonheur 2011 Documentary Faust 2011/III screenplay Intonatsiya. Vladimir Yakunin 2010 Documentary Intonatsiya. Yuri Shmidt 2010 Documentary short Intonatsiya. Boris Averin 2010 Documentary short Intonatsiya. Arsen Kanokov 2010 Documentary short Intonatsiya. Sergei Slonimsky 2010 Documentary Intonatsiya. Valery Zorkin 2010 Documentary Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri 2009 text Aleksandra 2007 Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. 2006 Documentary Peterburgskiy dnevnik: Mozart. Rekviem 2004 TV Movie documentary Russkiy kovcheg 2002 dialogue / written by Elegiya dorogi 2001 Documentary Dolce... 2000 Documentary Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Kvartira Kozintseva 1998 TV Movie documentary commentary Povinnost 1998 TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 5 episodes Smirennaya zhizn 1997 Documentary Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn 1997 Short writer Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Otkritie pamyatnika Dostoeskomu 1997 TV Movie documentary Vostochnaya elegiya 1996 Short Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny. Povestvovanie v pyati chastyakh 1995 Documentary Soldatskiy son 1995 Documentary short Tikhiye stranitsy 1994 Elegiya iz Rossii 1993 Documentary K sobytiyam v Zakavkazye 1990 Documentary short Ampir 1987 Short Razzhalovannyy 1980 Short Posledni den' nenastnogo leta 1979 Documentary short Mariya 1975 TV Short written by - as A. Sokurov Samye zemnye zaboty 1974 TV Movie documentary
Actor Title Year Status Character Russkiy kovcheg 2002 The Time Traveller (voice, uncredited) Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn 1997 Short Narrator (voice, uncredited) Vostochnaya elegiya 1996 Short Narrator (voice, uncredited) Sovetskaya elegiya 1989 Short Narrator (voice, uncredited) Ty dolzhen zhit 1981
Cinematographer Title Year Status Character Solntse 2005 Taurus 2001
Producer Title Year Status Character Volshebniy Komsomolets 2015 Documentary producer Elegiya dorogi 2001 Documentary producer
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Boris Godunov 2007 TV Movie staged by Russkiy kovcheg 2002 visual concept
Art Department Title Year Status Character Ochen vas vsekh lyublyu 1987 Documentary artistic coordinator
Editor Title Year Status Character Avtomobil nabiraet nadezhnost 1974 TV Short documentary
Thanks Title Year Status Character The Debridement of Rome 2012 Short acknowledgment
Self Title Year Status Character Francofonia 2015 Documentary voice, as Alexandre SOKOUROV Sokurovin ääni 2014 Documentary Cinema 3 2012 TV Series Himself Agnès de ci de là Varda 2011 TV Mini-Series documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey 2011 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself - Interviewee Il nous faut du bonheur 2011 Documentary Narrator (voice) Pozner 2008 TV Series Himself - Interviewee Alexandre Sokurov: Questions de cinéma 2008 Documentary Himself Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. 2006 Documentary Himself In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark 2003 Video documentary short Himself (as Alexander Sokurov) One Take Movie 2002 Documentary short Himself Elegiya dorogi 2001 Documentary Narrator (voice) Filmopolis 2001 TV Series Himself Uzel 2000 Documentary Himself Le cercle du cinéma 1998 TV Series Himself Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Kvartira Kozintseva 1998 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice, uncredited) Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Otkritie pamyatnika Dostoeskomu 1997 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice, uncredited) Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny. Povestvovanie v pyati chastyakh 1995 Documentary Narrator (voice, uncredited) Soldatskiy son 1995 Documentary short Narrator (voice) Elokuva vangitsee aikaa 1991 Documentary Himself Prostaya elegiya 1990 Documentary short Narrator (voice, uncredited) K sobytiyam v Zakavkazye 1990 Documentary short Himself (uncredited) Peterburgskaya elegiya 1989 Documentary short Narrator (voice, uncredited) I nichego bolshe 1988 Documentary Narrator (voice) Moskovskaya elegiya 1987 Documentary Narrator (voice)
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2015 Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award Venice Film Festival Francofonia (2015) 2015 Fedeora Award Venice Film Festival Best Euro-Mediterranean Film Francofonia (2015) 2013 Nika Nika Awards Best Film Faust (2011) 2013 Nika Nika Awards Best Director Faust (2011) 2013 White Elephant Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Film Faust (2011) 2013 White Elephant Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Director Faust (2011) 2011 SIGNIS Award Venice Film Festival Faust (2011) 2011 Future Film Festival Digital Award Venice Film Festival Faust (2011) 2011 Golden Lion Venice Film Festival Faust (2011) 2007 Jury Prize Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Best Director Aleksandra (2007) 2006 Leopard of Honor Locarno International Film Festival 2005 White Elephant Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Film Solntse (2005) 2005 Grand Prix - Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival Best Film Solntse (2005) 2004 Silver Condor Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2003 Andrzej Wajda Freedom Award American Cinema Foundation, USA 2003 FIPRESCI Prize Cannes Film Festival Competition Otets i syn (2003) 2003 Best Director Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2003 Special Citation San Francisco Film Critics Circle Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2002 Nika Nika Awards Best Film Telets (2001) 2002 Nika Nika Awards Best Director Telets (2001) 2002 Nika Nika Awards Best Cinematographer Telets (2001) 2002 Mostra Special Award São Paulo International Film Festival For his whole works. 2002 Visions Award Toronto International Film Festival Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2001 Golden Aries Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Director Telets (2001) 2001 Golden Aries Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Cinematography Telets (2001) 1997 Special Jury Prize Moscow International Film Festival Mat i syn (1997) 1997 Russian Film Critics Award Moscow International Film Festival Mat i syn (1997) 1997 Andrei Tarkovsky Award Moscow International Film Festival Mat i syn (1997) 1997 Main Prize Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn (1997) 1997 Silver Medallion Award Telluride Film Festival, US 1996 Grand Prize Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Vostochnaya elegiya (1996) 1993 Special Prize Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Elegiya iz Rossii (1993) 1991 KNF Award Rotterdam International Film Festival Elegiya (1986) 1991 FIPRESCI Prize Rotterdam International Film Festival Krug vtoroy (1990) 1989 OCIC Award - Honorable Mention Berlin International Film Festival Forum of New Cinema Dni zatmeniya (1988) 1989 FIPRESCI Prize Montréal World Film Festival Official Competition Spasi i sokhrani (1989) 1987 Bronze Leopard Locarno International Film Festival Odinokiy golos cheloveka (1987) 1987 FIPRESCI Prize Moscow International Film Festival Non-Competition
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2015 Grierson Award London Film Festival Documentary Film Francofonia (2015) 2015 Golden Lion Venice Film Festival Francofonia (2015) 2015 Green Drop Award Venice Film Festival Francofonia (2015) 2012 Critics Prize Black Movie Film Festival Faust (2011) 2012 Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo) Faust (2011) 2011 Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Il nous faut du bonheur (2011) 2011 Best Film London Film Festival Faust (2011) 2011 Best Film Mar del Plata Film Festival International Competition Faust (2011) 2007 Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival Aleksandra (2007) 2007 Grand Prize Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Aleksandra (2007) 2006 Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) Solntse (2005) 2006 Nika Nika Awards Best Film Solntse (2005) 2005 Golden Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Solntse (2005) 2004 Nika Nika Awards Best Film Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2003 Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival Otets i syn (2003) 2002 Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2002 Gold Hugo Chicago International Film Festival Best Feature Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2002 European Film Award European Film Awards European Director Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2002 Best Film Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2002 VVFP Award Village Voice Film Poll Best Director Russkiy kovcheg (2002) 2001 Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival Telets (2001) 2001 European Film Award European Film Awards European Documentary Elegiya dorogi (2001) 1999 Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival Molokh (1999) 1999 European Film Award European Film Awards European Film Molokh (1999) 1997 Golden St. George Moscow International Film Festival Mat i syn (1997) 1993 Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Elegiya iz Rossii (1993) 1991 Bronze Horse Stockholm Film Festival Krug vtoroy (1990) 1988 European Film Award European Film Awards Best Young Film Dni zatmeniya (1988) 1988 Nika Nika Awards Best Director Odinokiy golos cheloveka (1987) 1987 Golden Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Skorbnoye beschuvstviye (1987)
Known for movies Russkiy kovcheg (2002) as Director
Faust (2011) as Director
Aleksandra (2007) as Director
Francofonia (2015) as Director