Aleksei Balabanov
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 25, 1959, Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
- Died
- May 18, 2013
- Movies
- 29
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov 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). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript | self (archive) |
| 2022 | Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem | self (archive) |
| 2021 | We Others Will Not | self (archive) |
| 2017 | Plankton Salesmen | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Me Too | Director |
| 2000 | How «Brother 2» Was Filmed | self |
| 1996 | The Arrival of a Train | |
| 1995 | Trofim | сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга» |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2012 | Me Too | Director, Screenplay |
| 2010 | The Stoker | Writer, Director |
| 2008 | Morphine | Director |
| 2007 | Cargo 200 | Writer, Director |
| 2006 | It Doesn't Hurt Me | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Dead Man's Bluff | Director, Writer |
| 2002 | War | Writer, Director |
| 2002 | River | Screenplay, Director |
| 2000 | Brother 2 | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | Of Freaks and Men | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | Brother | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | The Arrival of a Train | Director, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Secrets Shared with a Stranger | Producer |
| 1996 | Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography | Producer |
| 1995 | Trofim | Director |
| 1994 | The Castle | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Happy Days | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Nastya and Egor | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | About air flying in Russia | Director |
| 1988 | One Step Beyond | Screenplay, Director |
| 1987 | There used to be another time | Director, Screenplay |
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