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Aleksandr Sokurov

Directing

Born June 14, 1951 · village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)

Also known as Alexander Sokurov · 알렉산드르 소쿠로프 · Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Sokourov

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Biography

Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.

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Awards & recognition

  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2017
  • Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize · 2014
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation · 2014
  • Golden Lion · 2011
  • Laurel Branch Award · 2011
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  • Honored art worker of the Russian Federation
  • Nika Award
  • Nika Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Officer of Arts and Letters
  • Order of the Rising Sun
  • Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
  • People's Artist of the Russian Federation
  • TEFI
  • European Film Award — Best Director · 2002 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Documentary · 2001 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Film · 1999 · nominated
  • Young European Film of the Year · 1988 · nominated

Filmography9 titles

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011as Self

Russian Ark

2002as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

Closeness

2017Producer

The Sun

2005Director, Director of Photography

Faust

2011Director, Screenplay

Francofonia

2015as (voice)

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

2011as Self

Moloch

1999Director

Alexandra

2007Director, Writer