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name: "Alexander Sokurov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aleksandr-sokurov"
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imdb_id: "nm0812546"
tmdb_id: 107762
wikidata_id: "Q55172"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 June 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T18:00:40.278206+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alexander Sokurov

## Identity

Alexander Sokurov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aleksandr-sokurov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aleksandr-sokurov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0812546
- **TMDB ID:** 107762
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55172
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sokurov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55172, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107762

Director. Born 14 June 1951 in village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia).

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 June 1951, village Podorvikha, Irkutsk Region, RSFSR, USSR, (now Russia)
- **Active:** 1997–2002
- **Also known as:** Aleksandr Sokurov, Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Sokourov, Aleksandr Sokourov, Aleksandr Nikolaïevitch Sokourov, A. Sokurov, Александр Николаевич Сокуров, А. Сокуров
- **Venice Film Festival:** 1 Venice prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sokurov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55172, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107762

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Russian Ark*](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md) (78)

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## Biography

Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov is a Russian filmmaker born on 14 June 1951 in the village of Podorvikha, Irkutsk Oblast, in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the History Department of Nizhny Novgorod University in 1974 and from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1979.

Sokurov directed *Mother and Son* (1997) and *Russian Ark* (2002), the latter filmed in a single unedited shot. His other notable works include *Faust* (2011), which received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He was named People's Artist of Russia in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Russian Ark* (2002), Fi1m 78, Director, Writer, Dialogue — [page](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Director's Diary* (2025), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Gjirokastra* (2024), as Art Direction
- *Russian Dreams* (2023), Production Consultant
- *Fairytale* (2022), Director, Screenplay
- *A Russian Youth* (2019), Creative Producer
- *Voices in the Old Walls* (2019), Actor
- *The Life Of My Friend* (2017), Producer
- *Closeness* (2017), Producer
- *Go. Go. Go* (2016), Screenplay, Director
- *Francofonia* (2015), as (voice) · Director, Screenplay
- *Alexander Sokurov. Temptation* (2012), Actor
- *Faust* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *We Need Happiness* (2010), as Narrator (voice) · Director
- *Intonation. Boris Averin* (2010), Director
- *Intonation. Valery Zorkin* (2010), Director
- *Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky* (2010), Director
- *Intonation. Arsen Kanokov* (2010), Director
- *Intonation. Vladimir Yakunin* (2010), Director
- *Intonation. Yuri Schmidt* (2010), Director
- *The Ways of the World: Vol. 1* (2010), Director
- *Reading Book of Blockade* (2009), Director
- *Deserto rosa. Luigi Ghirri* (2009), Screenplay
- *Elegy of a Voyage* (2009), as The Traveler (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *Rehearsal: Yuri Temirkanov* (2008), Director
- *Alexandra* (2007), Writer, Director
- *Boris Godounov* (2007), Stage Director
- *The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion* (2007), Director
- *Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya* (2006), Director, Writer
- *The Sun* (2005), Director, Director of Photography
- *The Diary of St. Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem* (2004), Director
- *Father and Son* (2003), Director
- *Islands. Alexander Sokurov* (2003), Actor
- *Russian Ark* (2002), as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) · Director, Writer, Dialogue — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md)
- *Taurus* (2001), Director, Director of Photography
- *Dolce* (2000), Director
- *Moloch* (1999), Director
- *The Knot* (1998), Director
- *Confession* (1998), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Petersburg Diary: Kozintsev's Apartment* (1998), as рассказчик, озвучка, в титрах не указан · Director
- *The Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat* (1998), Writer, Director
- *Documenta X - Die Filme* (1997), Director
- *A Humble Life* (1997), Director, Writer
- *The Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky* (1997), as (voice) · Writer, Director
- *Robert. A Fortunate Life* (1997), Narrator, Director, Writer
- *Mother and Son* (1997), Director
- *Edward Shelganov visiting Sokurov* (1997), Actor
- *Oriental Elegy* (1996), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Writer, Director
- *Celebrate Cinema 101* (1996), Director
- *Spiritual Voices* (1995), Director, Writer
- *A Soldier's Dream* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Whispering Pages* (1994), Screenplay, Director
- *Elegy from Russia* (1993), Director, Screenplay
- *Stone* (1992), Director
- *An Example of Intonation* (1991), Director, Writer
- *To the Events in Transcaucasia* (1990), Writer, Director
- *The Second Circle* (1990), Director
- *Save and Protect* (1990), Director
- *Simple Elegy* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Leningrad Retrospective* (1990), Director
- *Soviet Elegy* (1989), as Narrator (voice) · Director, Writer
- *Petersburg Elegy* (1989), Narrator, Director
- *Sonata for Hitler* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Days of Eclipse* (1988), Director
- *Maria* (1988), Director, Writer
- *I Love You All Very Much...* (1988), Creative Producer
- *The Lonely Voice of Man* (1987), Director
- *The Evening Sacrifice* (1987), Writer, Director
- *Empire* (1987), Director, Director of Photography
- *Moscow Elegy* (1987), as Narrator (voice) · Director, Writer
- *Mournful Unconcern* (1987), Director
- *And Nothing More* (1987), as narrator (voice) · Director
- *Elegy* (1986), Director
- *Patience Labour* (1985), Director
- *You Should Survive* (1981), Actor
- *Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola* (1981), Director
- *The Degraded* (1980), Writer, Director
- *VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession* (1979), Actor
- *Last Day of a Rainy Summer* (1979), Director, Writer
- *Callsign R1NN* (1975), Director
- *Summer of Maria Voynova* (1975), Director, Screenplay
- *The Automobile Gains in Reliability* (1974), Director, Editor
- *The Earthliest of Concerns* (1974), Director, Writer
- *Like a River’s Flow*, as as himself

## Gallery

- ![Alexander Sokurov](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-ded4d30a5544.png) Alexander Sokurov — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Aleksandr_Sokurov2025.png/1280px-Aleksandr_Sokurov2025.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aleksandr Sokurov, director, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film ZAPISNAJA KNIŽKA REŽISËRA (DIRECTOR’S DIARY) . (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-adcddb0d2809.jpg) Aleksandr Sokurov, director, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film ZAPISNAJA KNIŽKA REŽISËRA (DIRECTOR’S DIARY) . (2025) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Aleksandr_Sokurov_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-3_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Aleksandr_Sokurov_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-3_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aleksandr Sokurov, director, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film ZAPISNAJA KNIŽKA REŽISËRA (DIRECTOR’S DIARY) . (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-54ba18588e66.jpg) Aleksandr Sokurov, director, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film ZAPISNAJA KNIŽKA REŽISËRA (DIRECTOR’S DIARY) . (2025) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Aleksandr_Sokurov_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2.jpg/1280px-Aleksandr_Sokurov_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Александр Сокуров на фестивале «Открытая Библиотека. Хроника текущих событий», прошедшем 2 августа 2014 года в Сестрорецке](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-26a81c918e0b.jpg) Александр Сокуров на фестивале «Открытая Библиотека. Хроника текущих событий», прошедшем 2 августа 2014 года в Сестрорецке — Okras, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Alexander_Sokurov_at_Open_Library_fest.jpg/1280px-Alexander_Sokurov_at_Open_Library_fest.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alexander Sokurov](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-419081c180c0.jpg) Alexander Sokurov — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Sokurov](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-4148fd82ed75.jpg) Alexander Sokurov — Image via TMDB
- ![Alexander Sokurov](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-619ae80665ce.jpg) Alexander Sokurov — Image via TMDB
- ![Кинорежиссёр А. Н. Сокуров на встрече с Председателем Правительства Российской Федерации В. В. Путиным (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-8dd5d2168381.jpg) Кинорежиссёр А. Н. Сокуров на встрече с Председателем Правительства Российской Федерации В. В. Путиным (2011) — Premier.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Alexander_Sokurov%2C_October_2011.jpeg/1280px-Alexander_Sokurov%2C_October_2011.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alexander Sokurov in Volgograd. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/3931276/gallery-1576ff24aceb.jpg) Alexander Sokurov in Volgograd. (2011) — Alexander_Sokurov_001.JPG: администрация Волгоградской области
derivative work: César (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Alexander_Sokurov_001_cropped.jpg/1280px-Alexander_Sokurov_001_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 2011: Golden Lion (won)

### Other awards — 4 won, 4 nominated

- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2017: European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize 2014: Dmitry Likhachev Foundation Prize (won)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation 2014: State Prize of the Russian Federation (won)
- Laurel Branch Award 2011: Laurel Branch Award (won)
- European Film Award for Best Director 2002: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Russian Ark*
- European Film Award for Best Documentary 2001: European Film Award for Best Documentary (nominated), for *Elegy of a Voyage*
- European Film Award for Best Film 1999: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Moloch*
- Young European Film of the Year 1988: Young European Film of the Year (nominated), for *Days of Eclipse*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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