FILM DIRECTOR

Alexander Sokurov

1951 - Today

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Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (Russian: Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Sokurov is the 359th most popular film director (up from 369th in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from Russia (up from 686th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexander Sokurov ranks 359 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean Rouch, George Albert Smith, Emilio Fernández, Fernando Meirelles, Makoto Shinkai, and Edward Yang. After him are Héctor Babenco, Eldar Ryazanov, Veljko Bulajić, Chris Sanders, Lotte Reiniger, and Alexandre Astruc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Alexander Sokurov ranks 126. Before him are Joachim Streich, Lynda Carter, James Newton Howard, Ernesto Zedillo, Jan Timman, and Jakaya Kikwete. After him are Philip Davis, Enki Bilal, Samuel Doe, Alexander Bortnikov, Ramón Calderón, and Jack Unterweger.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Sokurov ranks 648 out of 3,761. Before him are Pavel Alexandrov (1896), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), Valery Bryusov (1873), Alexandre Benois (1870), and Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836). After him are Vladimir Minorsky (1877), Dmitry Muratov (1961), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Yaroslav of Tver (1230), Yuri Averbakh (1922), and Viktor Hartmann (1834).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Alexander Sokurov ranks 10. Before him are Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Elem Klimov (1933), and Leonid Gaidai (1923). After him are Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Ladislas Starevich (1882), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Mikhail Romm (1901), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), and Yakov Protazanov (1881).

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