Director,
Cinematographer
Born 1966 
 
 
Aleksandr SMIRNOV
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Александр СМИРНОВ
Aleksandr SMIRNOV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2009 - The Rowan Waltz / Ashberry Waltz (Рябиновый вальс) [fiction, 98 mn]
2009 - Vypusknoy na minnom pole (Выпускной на минном поле) [documentary, 98 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2017 - Censor (Цензор) from Konstantin SHELEPOV [fiction, 132 mn]
2012 - Doctor (Доктор) from Vladimir_2 PANKOV [fiction, 95 mn]
2009 - The Rowan Waltz / Ashberry Waltz (Рябиновый вальс) from Alena SEMENOVA , Aleksandr SMIRNOV [fiction, 98 mn]
2009 - The Wind Catcher (Ловец ветра) from Aisyuak YUMAGULOV [fiction, 92 mn]
2008 - The Game / The Match (Игра) from Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN [fiction, 94 mn]
2008 - Twilight (Сумерки) from Vladimir MOSS [fiction, 98 mn]
2007 - Ennemies (Враги) from Mariya MAZHAR [fiction, 78 mn]

Awards :
The Rowan Waltz / Ashberry Waltz :
Audience Award, "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2010
First prize, International Film Festival "Love is Folly", Varna (Bulgaria), 2010
Best first film, Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2010

Biography
Graduate of the Film Institute VGIK, department of cinematography, class of V. Yusov.
Director of photography of the TV series “Magnificent Pete” (2006).
“Ashberry Waltz” is his directorial debut.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Alena Semenova, Aleksandr Smirnov : The Rowan Waltz (Riabinovyi val's, 2009) , Frederick CORNEY, Frederick C. CORNEY, 2011, kinokultura.com