Aleksei Balabanov

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer

February 25, 1959 — May 18, 2013 (54 years)
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.

Known For

  • Brother
    Brother
  • Brother 2
    Brother 2
  • Cargo 200
    Cargo 200
  • Dead Man's Bluff
    Dead Man's Bluff
  • War
    War
  • Of Freaks and Men
    Of Freaks and Men
  • Morphine
    Morphine
  • The Stoker
    The Stoker
  • Me Too
    Me Too
  • It Doesn't Hurt Me
    It Doesn't Hurt Me
  • The Castle
    The Castle
  • Happy Days
    Happy Days
  • River
    River
  • Secrets Shared with a Stranger
    Secrets Shared with a Stranger

Filmography

2012
Me Too · as Screenplay
2010
2007
2006
2005
2002
2002
The River · as Screenplay
2000
1998
1997
1995
Pribytie poezda · as Screenplay
1994
1991
Happy Days · as Screenplay

2012
Me Too · as Director
1995
1974
College Girl · as Cast

2025
Brat navsegda · as Self
2023
2022
Balabanov. Kolokolnya. Rekviyem · as Self (archive)
2021
We Others Will Not · as Self (archive)
2021