Aleksey Balabanov
Sverdlovsk, USSR (Ekaterinburg, Russia)

Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Me Too (2012)
Director | Screenplay
The Stoker (2010)
Director | Writer
Morphine (2008)
Director
Cargo 200 (2007)
Director | Writer
It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006)
Director | Writer
Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Director | Writer
War (2002)
Director | Writer
River (2002)
Director | Screenplay
Brother 2 (2000)
Director | Writer
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Director | Writer
Brother (1997)
Director | Writer
The Arrival of a Train (1996)
Director | Screenplay
Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1996)
Producer
Trofim (1995)
Director
The Castle (1994)
Director | Writer
Happy Days (1991)
Director | Screenplay
One step beyond (1988)
Director | Screenplay
There used to be another time (1987)
Director | Screenplay