FILM DIRECTOR

Aleksandr Alov

1923 - 1983

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alov (September 26, 1923 – June 12, 1983, born Lapsker) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1983 (together with Vladimir Naumov). His 1981 film Teheran 43 won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. After military service in the Great Patriotic War, Alov studied with Igor Savchenko at VGIK, graduating in 1951. He worked as an assistant to Savchenko on the war epic The Third Blow (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Alov is the 1,364th most popular film director (down from 1,332nd in 2019), the 904th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 890th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aleksandr Alov ranks 1,364 out of 2,041. Before him are Stanley Tong, Irving Rapper, Douglas Slocombe, Paweł Edelman, Adam McKay, and Kurt Neumann. After him are Georgy Tovstonogov, Usmar Ismail, Elvira Notari, Peter Hall, Rafael Gil, and Clifford Odets.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Aleksandr Alov ranks 415. Before him are Isaac Schwartz, Robert Sabatier, Percy Heath, Monica Lovinescu, George Russell, and Ivano Blason. After him are The Fabulous Moolah, Alice von Hildebrand, Adolphe Hug, George Mostow, Roger Foulon, and Ted Stevens. Among people deceased in 1983, Aleksandr Alov ranks 240. Before him are Christopher George, André Chamson, Nina Dumbadze, Antonio Siddi, Joseph Ruttenberg, and Neil Ritchie. After him are Stefan Skoumal, Lynn Fontanne, Walter Slezak, Pedro Quartucci, Friedrich Scherfke, and Paul Fix.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Alov ranks 904 out of 1,365. Before him are Yevhen Konoplyanka (1989), Alla Tarasova (1898), Kateryna Bondarenko (1986), Denys Monastyrsky (1980), Andriy Parubiy (1971), and Andriy Lunin (1999). After him are Hennadiy Lytovchenko (1963), Mykhailo Podolyak (1972), Anatoliy Hrytsenko (1957), Arthur F. Burns (1904), Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha (1958), and Felix Sobolev (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Alov ranks 29. Before him are Roman Viktyuk (1936), Konstantin Lopushansky (1947), Vadim Abdrashitov (1945), Leonid Osyka (1940), Vadim Perelman (1963), and Volodymyr Dakhno (1932). After him are Felix Sobolev (1931), Janusz Majewski (1931), Jerzy Antczak (1929), Lev Arnshtam (1905), Vera Stroyeva (1903), and Nikolay Akimov (1901).

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