FILM DIRECTOR

Aleksei Balabanov

1959 - 2013

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Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (Russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films Cargo 200 (2007), Morphine (2008), and A Stoker (2010), which also received critical recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksei Balabanov is the 843rd most popular film director (down from 793rd in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,421st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 843 out of 2,041. Before him are Ruben Östlund, Arthur Cohn, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Gianni Amelio, Gregory Hoblit, and Frederick Wiseman. After him are Alexander Rou, Boris Kaufman, Sergei Loznitsa, Andrea Arnold, Christian Petzold, and Stuart Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 218. Before him are Ezzaki Badou, Guy Laliberté, Stephen Wolfram, Sérgio da Rocha, Ferzan Özpetek, and Fyodor Yurchikhin. After him are Leila de Lima, Ricardo Gallego, Adrian Paul, Barbara Krause, David Shore, and James MacMillan. Among people deceased in 2013, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 264. Before him are Jean Pickering, Storm Thorgerson, Imre Nagy, Jimmy Fontana, José Faria, and Roman Vlad. After him are Hasse Jeppson, Alla Kushnir, Anthony Caro, Eydie Gormé, Judit Temes, and Otis Bowen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 1,458 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Ragulin (1941), Lena Katina (1984), Duke Peter of Oldenburg (1812), Andrej Hoteev (1946), Anna Sorokin (1991), and Anatoly Alyabyev (1951). After him are Alexander Rou (1906), Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1868), Alla Kushnir (1941), Pavel Fedotov (1815), Alevtina Kolchina (1930), and Armas Järnefelt (1869).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 29. Before him are Fedor Ozep (1895), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Ivan Pyryev (1901), Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), Yevgeni Bauer (1865), and Pyotr Chardynin (1873). After him are Alexander Rou (1906), Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Gleb Panfilov (1934), Esfir Shub (1894), and Lev Atamanov (1905).

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