FILM DIRECTOR

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

1877 - 1945

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Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ xənˈʐonkəf]; 8 August [O.S. 27 July] 1877 — 26 September 1945) was a pioneering Russian cinema entrepreneur, film director and screenwriter. He is known for producing Defence of Sevastopol, Russia's first feature film, as well as Ladislas Starevich's ground-breaking stop motion animation. Most of his career was in Russian Empire. During 1923-1926 he worked in the Soviet Union, where his career ended with a financial scandal, however his past achievements earned him a personal pension and an apartment from the state. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Khanzhonkov is the 978th most popular film director (down from 826th in 2019), the 1,696th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,465th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ranks 978 out of 2,041. Before him are Gregg Toland, Raymond Bernard, Karel Kachyňa, Carlo Di Palma, Joe May, and Marlen Khutsiev. After him are András Kovács, Louis Daquin, Francis Lawrence, Shane Black, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Tosca Musk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ranks 139. Before him are Georgy Sedov, Bolesław Leśmian, Ned Maddrell, Roelof Klein, Winifred McNair, and W. D. Ross. After him are Liao Zhongkai, Léon Sée, René Navarre, Wang Guowei, Dudley Pound, and Elsa Laula Renberg. Among people deceased in 1945, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ranks 283. Before him are Maurice Sachs, Dobri Bozhilov, Vilmos Apor, Ferenc Csik, Anders Larsson, and Bruno Frank. After him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Alexander Fersman, Reynold A. Nicholson, Ragnar Östberg, Ernst Ahl, and Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ranks 1,696 out of 3,761. Before him are Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Aleksei Losev (1893), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Vladimir Gusinsky (1952), Irina Khakamada (1955), and Leonid Spirin (1932). After him are Grigory Leps (1962), Alexander Pichushkin (1974), Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov (1851), Yunus-bek Yevkurov (1963), Petr Aven (1955), and Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov ranks 41. Before him are Lev Atamanov (1905), Vladimir Gardin (1877), Sergey Obraztsov (1901), Mark Zakharov (1933), Yuri Ozerov (1921), and Karen Shakhnazarov (1952). After him are Fyodor Khitruk (1917), Vladimir Bortko (1946), Stanislav Rostotsky (1922), Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900), Mikhail Kozakov (1934), and Ivan Perestiani (1870).

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