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 Venice Film Festival.
Acting
Movie
Russian Ark
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
2002
Movie
Francofonia
as (voice)
2015
TV
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
Movie
Moscow Elegy
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Movie
Oriental Elegy
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Movie
Elegy of a Voyage
as The Traveler (uncredited)
2009
Movie
Soviet Elegy
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Movie
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
as Himself
2003
Movie
Robert. A Fortunate Life
as Narrator
1997
Movie
A Soldier's Dream
1995
Movie
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
as Himself
2006
Movie
The Knot
as Self
1998
Movie
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
2011
TV
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
2011
Movie
And Nothing More
as narrator (voice)
1987
Movie
Petersburg Elegy
as Narrator
1989
Movie
Leningrad Retrospective
1990
Movie
You Should Survive
1981
Movie
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
as Himself
2008
Movie
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker
2013
Movie
Simple Elegy
1990
Movie
Voice of Sokurov
as Himself
2014
Movie
An Example of Intonation
as Self
1991
Movie
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998
Crew
Movie
Russian Ark
Director
2002
Movie
Faust
Director
2011
Movie
Closeness
Producer
2017
Movie
Mother and Son
Director
1997
Movie
Francofonia
Director
2015
Movie
The Sun
Director
2005
Movie
Moloch
Director
1999
Movie
Father and Son
Director
2003
Movie
Alexandra
Writer
2007
Movie
Fairytale
Director
2022
Movie
Taurus
Director
2001
Movie
Days of Eclipse
Director
1988