Aleksey Balabanov

Born: 1959-02-25

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.


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Me Too

as Director
Released: 2012-09-07

Five passengers - the Bandit, his friend Matvei, Matvei's old father, the Musician, and a young...

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Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-10-29

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...

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The Arrival of a Train

as uncredited
Released: 1996-10-08

Almanac of five short stories commissioned by ROSKOMKINO to celebrate the 100th anniversary of...

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Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem

as self (archive)
Released: 2022-12-08

A documentary film dedicated to Alexei Balabanov and his latest film "I also want to".

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We Others Will Not

as self (archive)
Released: 2021-10-07

The film “We Others Will Not” emerged as a direct continuation of numerous meetings and...

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Алексей Балабанов. Послесловие…

as self (archive)
Released: 2023-10-05

One of the last conversations with a popular director, excerpts from printed interviews over the...

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How «Brother 2» Was Filmed

as self
Released: 2000-05-07

Documentary film with comments by Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Alexey Balabanov, Sergey...

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vDud

as Self - Archive Footage
First aired: 2017-02-07

Yury Dud interviews famous figures, including musicians (mainly rappers), politicians,...

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