Directed credits
51
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Directing
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Directed movies: 50Directed series: 1All crew credits: 63
TMDB ID: 107762
IMDb ID: nm0812546
Known for: Directing
Born: June 14, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2026
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.24
Wikidata: Q55172
Also known as
Alexander Sokurov • Александр Сокуров • 알렉산드르 소쿠로프 • Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Sokourov • Aleksandr Sokourov • Aleksandr Nikolaïevitch Sokourov
Frequent jobs
Director (50)Stage Director (1)Writer (5)Creative Producer (2)Producer (2)Art Direction (1)Production Consultant (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.
Director's Diary
Director
2025 Movie
6.8
Fairytale
Director
2022 Movie
6.5
Francofonia
Director
2015 Movie
6.6
Faust
Director
2011 Movie
We Need Happiness
Director
2010 Movie
4.5
Reading Book of Blockade
Director
2009 Movie
7.2
Elegy of a Voyage
Director
2009 Movie
Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov
Director
2008 Movie
Boris Godounov
Stage Director
2007 Movie
The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion
Director
2007 Movie
6.9
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Director
2006 Movie
6.7
The Sun
Director
2005 Movie
8.5
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem
Director
2004 Movie
5.6
Father and Son
Director
2003 Movie
7.2
Russian Ark
Director
2002 Movie
5.8
Taurus
Director
2001 Movie
6.2
Dolce
Director
2000 Movie
6.2
Moloch
Director
1999 Movie
6.8
The Knot
Director
1998 Movie
7.2
Confession
Director
1998 Movie
6.5
A Humble Life
Director
1997 Movie
6.2
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Director
1997 Movie
6.7
Mother and Son
Director
1997 Movie
6.1
Oriental Elegy
Director
1996 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.
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Next announced movie projects with Aleksandr Sokurov.
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6.6
Faust
Director
2011 Movie
6.5
Voice of Sokurov
as Himself
2014 Movie
5.0
Stone
Director
1992 Movie
5.7
The Degraded
Director
1980 Movie
7.2
Russian Ark
Director
2002 Movie
Director's Diary
Director
2025 Movie
6.7
Mother and Son
Director
1997 Movie
5.7
Days of Eclipse
Director
1988 Movie
5.6
Father and Son
Director
2003 Movie
7.2
Elegy of a Voyage
Director
2009 Movie
5.2
A Russian Youth
Creative Producer
2019 Movie
6.5
Francofonia
Director
2015 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Aleksandr Sokurov.
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Aleksandr Sokurov.
Gjirokastra
Art Direction
2024 Movie
Russian Dreams
Production Consultant
2023 Movie
5.2
A Russian Youth
Creative Producer
2019 Movie
5.0
The Life Of My Friend
Producer
2017 Movie
6.7
Closeness
Producer
2017 Movie
Go. Go. Go
Screenplay
2016 Movie
6.0
Alexandra
Writer
2007 Movie
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
Writer
1998 Movie
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
Writer
1997 Movie
To the Events in Transcaucasia
Writer
1990 Movie
I Love You All Very Much...
Creative Producer
1988 Movie
3.9
The Evening Sacrifice
Writer
1987 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Aleksandr Sokurov.
In 2 weeks
Naum. Predictions
as self
2026 Movie
Director's Diary
as Self
2025 Movie
Voices in the Old Walls
2019 Movie
6.5
Francofonia
as (voice)
2015 Movie
6.5
Voice of Sokurov
as Himself
2014 Movie
6.2
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
as Himself - Filmmaker
2013 Movie
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012 Movie
7.6
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Self
2011 Movie
We Need Happiness
as Narrator (voice)
2010 Movie
The Art of Time
as Self
2009 Movie
7.2
Elegy of a Voyage
as The Traveler (uncredited)
2009 Movie
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
as Self
2008 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Aleksandr Sokurov.