Aleksandr Sokurov

Biography

Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.

Most Known For

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

as Self

Voice of Sokurov

as Himself

Russian Ark

as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

as Self

Director's Diary

as Self

Francofonia

as (voice)

Matussek trifft

as Self

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

as Self

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

as Himself - Filmmaker

Elegy of a Voyage

as The Traveler (uncredited)

Oriental Elegy

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

You Should Survive

Moscow Elegy

as Narrator (voice)

VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession

The Art of Time

as Self

Voices in the Old Walls

Naum. Predictions

as self

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema

as Himself

An Example of Intonation

as Self

Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya

as Himself