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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.
Filmography
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2023
Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript
Movie self (archive)
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2022
Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem
Movie self (archive)
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2021
We Others Will Not
Movie self (archive)
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2017
Plankton Salesmen
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Me Too
Movie Director
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2010
The Stoker
Movie Writer
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2008
Morphine
Movie Director
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2007
Cargo 200
Movie Writer
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2006
It Doesn't Hurt Me
Movie Director
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2005
Dead Man's Bluff
Movie Director
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2002
War
Movie Writer
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2002
River
Movie Screenplay
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2000
Brother 2
Movie Director
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2000
How «Brother 2» Was Filmed
Movie self
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1998
Of Freaks and Men
Movie Director
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1997
Brother
Movie Writer
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1996
The Arrival of a Train
Movie
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1996
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Movie Producer
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1996
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Movie Producer
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1995
Trofim
Movie сотрудник кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»
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1994
The Castle
Movie Director
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1991
Happy Days
Movie Director
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1989
Nastya and Egor
Movie Screenplay
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1989
About air flying in Russia
Movie Director
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1988
One Step Beyond
Movie Director
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1987
There used to be another time
Movie Director