Director,
Writer,
Editor,
Producer
Born 1948, Russia
 
 
Vladimir ALENIKOV
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Владимир Михайлович АЛЕНИКОВ
Vladimir ALENIKOV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2020 - Heavenly Team (Небесная команда) [fiction, 91 mn]
2018 - Strangers of patience (Странники терпенья) [fiction, 100 mn]
2013 - Princess' War (Война принцессы) [fiction, 90 mn]
2013 - Repetitsii (Репетиции) [fiction, 98 mn]
2008 - God’s Smile or an Odessa Story (Улыбка Бога, или чисто одесская история) [fiction, 125 mn]
2000 - Triumph, The Red One (Триумф) [fiction, 80 mn]
1989 - The Drayman and the King (Биндюжник и король) [fiction, 169 mn]
1984 - Vacation of Petrov and Vasechkin, Usual and Incredible (Приключения Петрова и Васечкина, обыкновенные и невероятные) [TV fiction, 134 mn]
 
Writer
2020 - Heavenly Team (Небесная команда) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 91 mn]
2018 - Strangers of patience (Странники терпенья) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 100 mn]
2013 - Princess' War (Война принцессы) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2008 - God’s Smile or an Odessa Story (Улыбка Бога, или чисто одесская история) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 125 mn]
2000 - Triumph, The Red One (Триумф) from Vladimir ALENIKOV , Oleg POGODIN [fiction, 80 mn]
1989 - The Drayman and the King (Биндюжник и король) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 169 mn]
1984 - Vacation of Petrov and Vasechkin, Usual and Incredible (Приключения Петрова и Васечкина, обыкновенные и невероятные) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [TV fiction, 134 mn]
1982 - Chuchelo-myauchelo (Чучело-мяучело) from Inesa KOVALEVSKAYA [animation, 10 mn]
 
Editor
2018 - Strangers of patience (Странники терпенья) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 100 mn]
 
Producer
2020 - Heavenly Team (Небесная команда) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 91 mn]
2018 - Strangers of patience (Странники терпенья) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 100 mn]
2008 - God’s Smile or an Odessa Story (Улыбка Бога, или чисто одесская история) from Vladimir ALENIKOV [fiction, 125 mn]
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Awards :
Repetitsii :
Best first film, International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
God’s Smile or an Odessa Story :
Audience Award, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2008

Biography
Vladimir Alenikov (1948, Leningrad, USSR) began his artistic career in the Soviet era of communism. Alenikov’s first widespread success came through a series of children’s films featuring his creations - the characters Petrov and Vasechkin (1982) becoming Russian national treasures. In 1990 Alenikov completed The Drayman and the King, a film based on the work of Isaac Babel in the vein of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and ultimately, the most successful Russian musical. The film garnered several prizes in Russia and was an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival and the American Film Institute (AFI) Festival in Los Angeles, among others. His filmography also includes The Awakening (doc., 1991), Time of Darkness (1991), Triumph (2000), The Gun (from 6 to 7:30 pm) (2003), Pictures Forever and Ever (2008), and Garbage (2010). During last decade Mr. Alenikov works also very successfully as a writer, publishing novels and children stories which became bestsellers. In 2007 he became a member of International PEN Club in both countries – Russia and USA.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Les dix meilleurs films soviétiques pour enfants Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Six films russes en lice pour les Golden Globes Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, 2019, RUSSIA BEYOND