Aleksandr Sokurov
Directing • Born 1951-06-14
Biography
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 Venice Film Festival.
Filmography
40 credits
You Should Survive
Movie • 1981
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Movie • 1998
And Nothing More
Movie • 1987
narrator (voice)
Russian Ark
Movie • 2002
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Petersburg Elegy
Movie • 1989
Narrator
Soviet Elegy
Movie • 1989
Narrator (voice)
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
Movie • 2012
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Movie • 2006
Himself
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
Movie • 1997
Voice of Sokurov
Movie • 2014
Himself
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
Movie • 2003
Himself
We Need Happiness
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
An Example of Intonation
Movie • 1991
Self
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Movie • 2008
Himself
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Movie • 1997
Narrator
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
Movie • 1998
рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан
Francofonia
Movie • 2015
(voice)
Kira
Movie • 2003
Self
Film about the film
Movie • 2013
himself
Elegy of a Voyage
Movie • 2009
The Traveler (uncredited)
The Knot
Movie • 1998
Self
Sokurov
Movie • 2006
himself
Oriental Elegy
Movie • 1996
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Leningrad Retrospective
Movie • 1990
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
Movie • 1997
(voice)
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Movie • 2013
Himself - Filmmaker
Simple Elegy
Movie • 1990
Moscow Elegy
Movie • 1987
Narrator (voice)
A Soldier's Dream
Movie • 1995
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Movie • 2011
Self
The Art of Time
Movie • 2009
Self
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Movie • 2008
Self
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
Movie • 1979
Voices in the Old Walls
Movie • 2019
Naum. Predictions
Movie • 2026
self
Director's Diary
Movie • 2025
Self
Islands. Alexander Sokurov
Movie • 2003
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011
Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
TV • 2011
Self
Matussek trifft
TV • 2010
Self