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
    Brother1997
  • Brother 2
    Brother 22000
  • Cargo 200
    Cargo 2002007
  • Dead Man's Bluff
    Dead Man's Bluff2005
  • War
    War2002
  • Of Freaks and Men
    Of Freaks and Men1998
  • Morphine
    Morphine2008
  • The Stoker
    The Stoker2010
  • Me Too
    Me Too2012
  • It Doesn't Hurt Me
    It Doesn't Hurt Me2006
  • The Castle
    The Castle1994
  • Happy Days
    Happy Days1991
  • River
    River2002
  • Secrets Shared with a Stranger
    Secrets Shared with a Stranger1996

Filmography