Aleksandr Sokurov
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Series
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
Film
Voice of Sokurov
Himself
2014
Series
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
2011
Film
Russian Ark
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
2002
Film
Director's Diary
Self
2025
An Example of Intonation
Self
1991
Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment
рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан
1998
Film
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Self
2011
Film
Soviet Elegy
Narrator (voice)
1989
Film
Francofonia
(voice)
2015
Film
Naum. Predictions
self
2026
Film
The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Himself - Filmmaker
2013
Film
Kira
Self
2003
Matussek trifft
Self
2010
Film
Elegy of a Voyage
The Traveler (uncredited)
2009
Film
You Should Survive
1981
Film
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979
Film
Moscow Elegy
Narrator (voice)
1987
Film
The Art of Time
Self
2009
Film
Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema
Himself
2008
Film
Robert. A Fortunate Life
Narrator
1997
Film
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Himself
2006
Film
In One Breath: Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark
Himself
2003
Film
The Knot
Self
1998
Islands. Alexander Sokurov
2003
Film
Oriental Elegy
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Film
Voices in the Old Walls
2019
Film about the film
himself
2013
Film
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat
1998
Film
Sokurov
himself
2006
Film
And Nothing More
narrator (voice)
1987
Film
We Need Happiness
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
Self
2008
Film
Leningrad Retrospective
1990
Film
Petersburg Elegy
Narrator
1989
Film
Alexander Sokurov. Temptation
2012
Film
The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky
(voice)
1997
Film
A Soldier's Dream
1995
Film
Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov
1997
Film
Simple Elegy
1990
Film
Like a River’s Flow
as himself