Aleksandr Sokurov
Directing · Born 1951-06-14 · age 75 · village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
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.
Titles
Russian Ark
Faust
Closeness
Mother and Son
Francofonia
The Sun
Moloch
Alexandra
Father and Son
Fairytale
Taurus
Days of Eclipse
Whispering Pages
A Russian Youth
The Second Circle
Moscow Elegy
The Lonely Voice of Man
Stone
Save and Protect
Oriental Elegy
Sonata for Hitler
Spiritual Voices
Maria
Elegy of a Voyage
Mournful Unconcern
Soviet Elegy
Robert. A Fortunate Life
A Soldier's Dream
Empire
Dolce
The Evening Sacrifice
A Humble Life
Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola
Patience Labour
The Knot
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Elegy from Russia
Petersburg Elegy
And Nothing More
Leningrad Retrospective
Reading Book of Blockade
Elegy
The Degraded
Callsign R1NN
You Should Survive
Simple Elegy
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem
The Automobile Gains in Reliability
The Earthliest of Concerns
An Example of Intonation
Last Day of a Rainy Summer
Documenta X - Die Filme
Intonation. Boris Averin
The Life Of My Friend
Confession
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession