
Aleksei Balabanov
Directing
Born: 1959-02-25 · Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
Died: 2013-05-18
Biography
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.
🎬 Movies (26)

Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript
2023
self (archive)

Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem
2022
self (archive)

We Others Will Not
2021
self (archive)

Plankton Salesmen
2017
Self (archive footage)

Me Too
2012
Director

The Stoker
2010
Director

Morphine
2008
Director

Cargo 200
2007
Director

It Doesn't Hurt Me
2006
Director

Dead Man's Bluff
2005
Director

River
2002
Director

War
2002
Director

How «Brother 2» Was Filmed
2000
self

Brother 2
2000
Director

Of Freaks and Men
1998
Director

Brother
1997
Director

The Arrival of a Train
1996
Director

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996
Producer

Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996
Producer
Trofim
1995
Director

The Castle
1994
Director

Happy Days
1991
Director

Nastya and Egor
1989
Director

About air flying in Russia
1989
Director

One Step Beyond
1988
Director

There used to be another time
1987
Director