Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Producer
Born 1959, USSR
 
Died 2013
Aleksey BALABANOV
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Алексей Октябринович БАЛАБАНОВ
Alekseï BALABANOV
Also : Alexei BALABANOV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2012 - Me Too / I want too (Я тоже хочу) [fiction, 89 mn]
2010 - The Stoker (Кочегар) [fiction, 87 mn]
2008 - Morphia (Морфий) [fiction, 107 mn]
2007 - Freight 200 / Cargo 200 (Груз 200) [fiction, 100 mn]
2006 - It Does'nt Hurt (Мне не больно) [fiction, 104 mn]
2005 - Blind Man's Bluff (Жмурки) [fiction, 105 mn]
2004 - Amerikanets (Американец) [fiction]
2002 - War (Война) [fiction, 115 mn]
2002 - The River (Река) [fiction, 50 mn]
2000 - The Brother 2 (Брат 2) [fiction, 125 mn]
1998 - Of Freaks And Men (Про уродов и людей) [fiction, 93 mn]
1997 - Brother (Брат) [fiction, 96 mn]
1995 - Trofim (Трофимъ) [fiction, 25 mn]
1995 - Arrival of a Train (Прибытие поезда) [fiction, 98 mn]
1994 - Castle (Замок) [fiction, 110 mn]
1991 - Happy Days (Счастливые дни) [fiction, 86 mn]
1989 - Nastya i egor (Настя и Егор) [documentary, 32 mn]
1989 - O vozdushnom letanii v Rossii (О воздушном летании в России) [documentary]
1988 - U menya net druga, ili One Step Beyond... (У меня нет друга, или One Step Beyond...) [documentary, 23 mn]
1987 - Panshe bylo drugoe vremya (Раньше было другое время) [documentary, 17 mn]
 
Writer
2012 - Me Too / I want too (Я тоже хочу) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 89 mn]
2010 - The Stoker (Кочегар) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 87 mn]
2007 - Freight 200 / Cargo 200 (Груз 200) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 100 mn]
2005 - Blind Man's Bluff (Жмурки) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 105 mn]
2004 - Amerikanets (Американец) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction]
2002 - War (Война) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 115 mn]
2002 - The River (Река) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 50 mn]
2000 - The Brother 2 (Брат 2) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 125 mn]
1998 - Of Freaks And Men (Про уродов и людей) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 93 mn]
1997 - Brother (Брат) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 96 mn]
1995 - Trofim (Трофимъ) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 25 mn]
1994 - Castle (Замок) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 110 mn]
1991 - Happy Days (Счастливые дни) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 86 mn]
 
Actor
2022 - Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem (Балабанов. Колокольня. Реквием) from Liubov ARKUS [documentary, 115 mn]
2021 - We others will not (Нас других не будет) from Pyotr SHEPOTINNIK [documentary, 80 mn]
2020 - Alexey Balabanov. Find Yours and Calm Down (Алексей Балабанов. Найти своих и успокоиться) from Lyudmila SNIGIREVA [documentary, 108 mn]
1995 - Arrival of a Train (Прибытие поезда) from Aleksey BALABANOV , Vladimir KHOTINENKO , Aleksandr KHVAN , Dmitry MESKHIEV [fiction, 98 mn]
 
Producer
1996 - Sergei Eisenstein. Autobiography (Сергей Эйзенштейн. Автобиография) from Oleg KOVALOV [documentary, 92 mn]
 
Sites : IMDb, Chapaev.media

Author :

Awards :
Me Too / I want too :
Press award, Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2012
Award of Young critics "Golos", Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2012
The Stoker :
Press award, Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2011
First prize, Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2011
Best directing, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2010
Special Jury prize, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2010
Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Prize, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2010
Best feature film, International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010
Best film, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2010
Morphia :
Special Prize, Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2009
Best directing, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2009
Freight 200 / Cargo 200 :
Best film, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2007
It Does'nt Hurt :
Audience Award, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2006
War :
First prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2002
Of Freaks And Men :
Best directing, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 1999
Best feature film, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1998
Best directing, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1998
Special Jury prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1998
Brother :
First prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1997
Arrival of a Train :
FIPRESCI Prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1996
Brother :
Prix spécial du jury à Turin, 1997
Médaille d'or à Trieste, 1997
Prix de la critique internationale (FIPRESCI) à Kotbus,
War :
Prix du meilleur acteur attribué à Alexeï Tchadov au Festival de Montréal, 2002
Prix du meilleur son (Aigle d'or) attribué à Maxime Belovolov, 2002
Prix "Nika" du meilleur second rôle attribué à Sergueï Bodrov, 2002
Of Freaks And Men :
Prix spécial du jury au Festival de Sotchi, 1998
The River :
Prix spécial du jury au Festival Pacific Meridian, 2003
Castle :
Prix du jury des ciné-clubs, Sotchi, 1994
Pix Nika du meilleur décor, 1994
Prix spécial du Jury du Festival Littérature et cinéma, Gatchina, 1994
Happy Days :
- Prix du meilleur film au festival la Jeunesse, 1991, Kiev
- Prix du meilleur long métrage au festival des Débuts, 1992, Moscou

Biography
Director, scriptwriter, producer. Born 25 February 1959 in Sverdlovsk. Graduated from the Translation Department of Gorky Pedagogical Institute (1981) and from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors (1990, experimental course of «director’s cinema»). In 1992 he founded, together with Sergei Selianov and Vasily Grigoriev, the film company «СТV», with whom he subsequently made all his films.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Контрольный выстрел. Морфий в контексте творчества А. Балабанова [Tir de contrôle. Morphine dans le contexte des travaux de A. Balabanov] , Daniil DONDUREY, 2024, kinoart.ru
- Why Alexey Balabanov is one of the most prominent film directors in modern Russia Dmitry KUZMIN, 2024, azerbaycan24.com
- Balabanov in 2022: Considering the Legacy Anna NIEMAN, 2023, Kinokultura
- Dix grands films russes et soviétiques des années 1990 Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Послесловие для реквиема. Эссе об образе Балабанова в документальных фильмах [Essai sur l'image de Balabanov dans les documentaires] Андрей СЕРОВ, 2023, Cinema Routine
- Рогожкин и Балабанов [Rogojkine et Balabanov] , Nikita KARTSEV, 2022, kinoart.ru
- Хроника объявленной смерти Фильм Балабанов. Колокольня. Реквием [Critique du film Balabanov. Le Clocher. Requiem, 2022, de Lioubov ARKUS] , Andrey PLAKHOV, 2022, kommersant.ru
- Horreur et tragédie: huit films russo-soviétiques pour une soirée d’Halloween réussie 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- How Russian Cinema Dehumanized Ukrainians and Laid the Ground for Today's War Crimes Illia GLADSHTEIN, 2022, ukraineworld.org
- Les personnages les plus effrayants des films soviétiques et russes Kira LISSITSKAÎA, 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Aleksey Balabanov. Where to start with his films Maria MUZDYBAEVA, 2021, calvertjournal.com
- Tollé en Ukraine autour du film Le Frère 2021, eurotopics.net
- Morphine (2008) de Alexeï Balabanov Julien MORVAN, 2020, Perestroikino
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Cinq réalisateurs ayant dessiné le visage du cinéma russe 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- The Most Significant Russian Films of the Last Decade [2005-2016] 2019, Academic Studies Press
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Six films sombres d’Alexeï Balabanov à voir absolument Oleg EGOROV, 2018, RUSSIA BEYOND
- 10 movies that define Russian cinema Yulia SHAMPOROVA, 2017, RUSSIA BEYOND
- CINÉMA RUSSE CONTEMPORAIN, (R)ÉVOLUTIONS , Eugénie ZVONKINE, 2017, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion
- Cinema in the mirror of the Soviet and Russian film criticism , Aleksandr FEDOROV, 2017, academia.edu
- L’espace comme piège dans les films russes contemporains , Eugénie ZVONKINE, 2017, Presses universitaires du Septentrion
- Aleksei Balabanov obituary Ronald BERGAN, 2013, guardian.co.uk
- Aleksei Balabanov: Me Too (Ia tozhe khochu, 2012) , Irina ANISIMOVA, 2013, kinokultura.com
- Alexeï Balabanov: peindre l’enfer Inna DOULKINA, 2013, lecourrierderussie.com
- “A Picnic on the Road to the Temple” (Aleksei Balabanov’s Me Too in context) , Anna NIEMAN, 2013, www.kinokultura.com
- Умер Алексей Балабанов 2013, utro.ru
- Mort du cinéaste russe Alexei Balabanov 2013, commeaucinema.com
- 12 films d'horreur cultes russes Daria DONINA, 2012, larussiedaujourdhui.fr
- Des monstres et des hommes : Un film d'une rare imagination Gilles RANNOU, 2012, suite101.fr
- я тоже хочу Moi aussi je veux... crever de bonheur [Aleksei Balabanov] Emmanuel GRYNSZPAN, 2012, grincine.blogspot.com
- Aleksei Balabanov: Stoker (Kochegar, 2010) , Nancy CONDEE, 2011, kinokultura.com
- Кино в Петербурге. Петербург в кино , Anna KOVALOVA, 2011, seance.ru
- Последний фильм , Aleksey MEDVEDEV, 2011, seance.ru
- В топку! - Кочегар, режиссер Алексей Балабанов , Georgi MKHEIDZE, 2010, Искусство кино, 9
- Дядя кочегар, расскажи нам еще про плохих людей… [О фильме Кочегар] , Vasili_3 STEPANOV, Аглая ЧЕЧОТ, Петр ЛЕЗНИКОВ, Ксения ДРУГОВЕЙКО, 2010, seance.ru
- Le cinéma russe, vingt-cinq ans déjà... , Marilyne FELLOUS, 2010, kinoglaz.fr
- The Self and the Other in Recent Russian Cinema , Birgit BEUMERS, 2010, kinokultura.com
- Aleksei Balabanov : Morphia , Otto BOELE, 2009, kinokultura.com
- Aleksei Balabanov : Morphia (Morfii, 2008) (2) , Masha SALAZKINA, 2009, kinokultura.com
- Прорва. Образ пространства в современной кинодраматургии , Yelena GRACHEVA, 2009, seance.ru
- Festival international du film de Rotterdam 2009. Le 7ème art russe : Un retour au premier plan 2009, http://www.jetsetmagazine.net
- L’année de la crise : un regard sur le cinéma russe 2008-2009 , Yelena KVASOVA-DUFFORT, 2009, kinoglaz.fr
- The imperial trace : recent Russian cinema , Nancy CONDEE, 2009, Oxford University Press
- Груз 300 [О фильме Морфий Алексея Балабанова] , Andrey PLAKHOV, 2008, seance.ru
- Невыносимый груз [О режиссере Алексей Балабанов] , Andrey PLAKHOV, 2008, seance.ru
- Трупы преткновения , Viktor MATIZEN, 2008, seance.ru
- Two Decades of Post-Soviet Cinema : Taking Stock of Our Stocktaking , Seth GRAHAM, 2008, kinokultura.com
- 90-е. Кино, которое мы потеряли , Larisa MALUKOVA, 2007, Зебра Е ; 2007 г.
- Aleksei Balabanov : Cargo 200 (Gruz 200, 2007) , Anthony ANEMONE, 2007, kinokultura.com
- Сергей Бодров «Связной» , Sergey BODROV (jr.), 2007, Сеанс
- Aleksei Balabanov : It Doesn’t Hurt (Mne ne bol′no, 2006) , Olga KLIMOVA, 2006, kinokultura.com
- Aleksei Balabanov, Dead Man's Bluff [Zhmurki] (2005) , Dawn SECKLER, 2005, kinokultura.com
- Aleksei Balabanov, The River [Reka] (2002) 2005, Neepa MAJUMDAR, kinokultura.com
- Le cinéma des années 1990-2000. Images dispersées , Françoise NAVAILH, 2005, Russie, peuples et civilisations, La découverte
- Aleksei Balabanov : War (Voina, 2002) , Sergey LAVRENTIEV, 2002, kinokultura.com
- Бессонница [О фильме Война режиссера А. Балабанова] , Aleksandr DERYABIN, 2002, kinozapiski.ru
- Oh Brother! Aleksei Balabanov's Brat 2 , Andrew HORTON, 2001, kinoeye.org
- Lynch Pin? The imagary of Aleksei Balabanov , Andrew HORTON, 2000, kinoeye
- Россия, которую мы придумали , Oleg KOVALOV, 1999, seance.ru
- Даниил Дондурей: "Не брат я тебе, гнида..." [О фильме Брат] , Daniil DONDUREY, 1998, Искусство кино, 4
- Плач по пионеру, или Немецкое слово «Яблокитай» , Yevgeni MARGOLIT, 1998, old.kinoart.ru
- Le film de genre américain dans le cinéma post-communiste : «le Mafiosi Thriller» , Christina STOJANOVA, 1998, Ciné-Bulles, vol. 17, n° 2,