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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Naum. Premonitions
Character: self
MOVIE • 2025
Voices in the Old Walls
Character:
MOVIE • 2019
Francofonia
Character: (voice)
MOVIE • 2015
Voice of Sokurov
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2014
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Character: Himself - Filmmaker
MOVIE • 2013
Film about the film
Character: himself
MOVIE • 2013
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
Character:
MOVIE • 2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Character: Self
TV • 2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Character: Self
TV • 2011
We Need Happiness
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2010
Matussek trifft
Character: Self
TV • 2010
The Art of Time
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2009
Elegy of a Voyage
Character: The Traveler (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2009
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2008
Sokurov
Character: himself
MOVIE • 2006
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2006
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2003
Kira
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2003
Crew
Crew Credits
Director's Diary
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
Director's Diary
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2025
Gjirokastra
Role: Art Direction
MOVIE • 2024
Russian Dreams
Role: Production Consultant
MOVIE • 2023
Fairytale
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Fairytale
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2022
A Russian Youth
Role: Creative Producer
MOVIE • 2019
The Life Of My Friend
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2017
Closeness
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2017
Go. Go. Go
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2016
Go. Go. Go
Role: Stage Director
MOVIE • 2016
Francofonia
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
Francofonia
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2015
Faust
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2011
Faust
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2011
We Need Happiness
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Intonation. Yuri Schmidt
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Intonation. Valery Zorkin
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010