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Aleksei German
Directing
Born July 20, 1938 · Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Died February 21, 2013
Also known as Алексей Герман · Alexey German · Alexei German
Biography
Aleksei Yuryevich German (Алексей Юрьевич Герман, 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia.
Awards & recognition
- Nika Award · 2015
- Order of Honour · 2008
- Tsarskoselskaya Art Award · 2003
- Golden ram · 1999
- Nika Award · 1999
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- "His own way" award · 1998
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class · 1998
- Triumph · 1998
- People's Artist of the Russian Federation · 1994
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · 1988
- USSR State Prize · 1988
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR · 1987
- Nika Lifetime Achievement Award
- Prize of the President of the Russian Federation
