Aleksei Balabanov
Known for directing · Born 25 February 1959 · Died 18 May 2013 · aged 54 · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
29 credits
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
Acting (8)
2023Aleksey Balabanov. Postscriptself (archive)Film
2022Balabanov. Belltower. Requiemself (archive)Film
2021We Others Will Notself (archive)Film
2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)Film
2012Me TooDirectorFilm
2000How «Brother 2» Was FilmedselfFilm
1996The Arrival of a TrainFilm
1995Trofimсотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»Film
Directing (14)
2012Me TooDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2008MorphineDirectorFilm
2006It Doesn't Hurt MeDirector, WriterFilm
2005Dead Man's BluffDirector, WriterFilm
2000Brother 2Director, WriterFilm
1998Of Freaks and MenDirector, WriterFilm
1997BrotherDirector, WriterFilm
1996The Arrival of a TrainDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1995TrofimDirectorFilm
1994The CastleDirector, WriterFilm
1991Happy DaysDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1989Nastya and EgorDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1989About air flying in RussiaDirectorFilm
1987There used to be another timeDirector, ScreenplayFilm
Production (2)
1996Secrets Shared with a StrangerProducerFilm
1996Sergei Eisenstein: AutobiographyProducerFilm
Writing (5)
2010The StokerWriter, DirectorFilm
2007Cargo 200Writer, DirectorFilm
2002WarWriter, DirectorFilm
2002RiverScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1988One Step BeyondScreenplay, DirectorFilm