Aleksei Balabanov

Russian actor, screenwriter and director Alexei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was born on February 25, 1959 in Sverdlovsk. He studied at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, served two years in the airborne troops of the Soviet army, was a participant in military operations in Afghanistan. In 1990 he successfully graduated from the Higher Directing Courses and is currently a co-founder of the largest TV company STV. Alexei Balabanov is a prominent representative of Russian more

Russian actor, screenwriter and director Alexei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was born on February 25, 1959 in Sverdlovsk. He studied at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, served two years in the airborne troops of the Soviet army, was a participant in military operations in Afghanistan.

In 1990 he successfully graduated from the Higher Directing Courses and is currently a co-founder of the largest TV company STV. Alexei Balabanov is a prominent representative of Russian independent cinema. Many of his paintings - "Happy days" The Castle, "The arrival of the train" - were awarded numerous awards of international film festivals and gained great popularity among both domestic and foreign audiences.

His films. Brother and "Brother 2" Realistically and without embellishment, reflecting the atmosphere of the criminal rampage of the 90s, became cult for the Russian viewer. A cruel and senseless war, crippling the fate of people, was reflected in the picture “Cargo 200”, which was released in 2007. Film critics reacted with great interest to the film by Alexei Balabanov Morphine It tells the story of a village doctor who could not resist the temptation of drug fog.

All the paintings of this talented director occupy a worthy place in the collection of high-quality Russian cinema.

Alexei Balabanov died on May 18, 2013 in the village of Solnechnoye, near St. Petersburg. He was only 54 years old.