Aleksandr Konstantinovich Kott

Alexander Kott was born on February 22, 1973 in Moscow. After graduation he worked as a photographer. In 1997, he graduated from the course of Andrzej Wajda in Krakow and made his film debut with the short film “Photographer”, which participated in the IFF competition in Cannes in the student film program “Cinefondation” (1998) and was awarded the “Europe Prize” in the competition “Young Europe” of the Festival of Television Programs in Berlin (1999). In 2000, Alexander Kott graduated from the directorial more

Alexander Kott was born on February 22, 1973 in Moscow. After graduation he worked as a photographer. In 1997, he graduated from the course of Andrzej Wajda in Krakow and made his film debut with the short film “Photographer”, which participated in the IFF competition in Cannes in the student film program “Cinefondation” (1998) and was awarded the “Europe Prize” in the competition “Young Europe” of the Festival of Television Programs in Berlin (1999). In 2000, Alexander Kott graduated from the directorial faculty of VGIK, where he studied in the studio of Vladimir Khotinenko. His diploma work was the short film Scarecrow (2000), which won the Grand Prix of the International Short Film Festival in Hamburg and the Special Jury Prize of the Student Film Competition “Saint Anna” and became the winner in the Kinderfest program of the Berlin Film Festival. In 2001, the director shot his first full-length film "Two drivers drove", awarded the prize "For Best Director" at the festival "Kinoshok" in Anapa. In 2002, he worked on the television series "Circus" and then in Central Asia shot a short film "Giant". In 2004, Alexander Kott completed work on the eight-part TV movie Convoy PQ-17, an adaptation of Valentin Pikul’s novel Requiem for the PQ-17 Caravan.