Aleksandr Sokurov
Director
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
Russian Ark
as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) 2002
Francofonia
as (voice) 2015
Moscow Elegy
as Narrator (voice) 1987
Oriental Elegy
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1996
Elegy of a Voyage
as The Traveler (uncredited) 2009
Soviet Elegy
as Narrator (voice) 1989
Robert. A Fortunate Life
as Narrator 1997
A Soldier's Dream
1995
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
as Himself 2003
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
as Himself 2006
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self 2011
The Knot
as Self 1998
And Nothing More
as narrator (voice) 1987
Petersburg Elegy
as Narrator 1989
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
as Himself 2008
Leningrad Retrospective
1990
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker 2013