Alexander Sokurov
Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Сокуров, scientific transliteration Aleksandr Sokurov Nikolaevič; born June 14, 1951 in Podorwicha, Irkutsk Oblast, Soviet Union ) is a Russian film director and screenwriter.
Life
Sokurov was born the son of a Soviet officer in Siberia. From 1969 to 1975 he worked as assistant director in the television studio of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod ). He studied at the University of Gorky history ( completion 1974) and later at the Moscow State Institute of Filmography ( WGIK ), where in 1979 he graduated. Since 1980, Sokurov has lived in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg ). 2012 refused the City Duma in St. Petersburg made an honorary citizen of Sokurov. As causes the desecration of Lenin and alleged blasphemy in his works were mentioned.
His films often collided with the Soviet censorship, but it was supported by well-known directors such as Andrei Tarkovsky, for example. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he was awarded for his work with several international awards, including 2006 with the Master of Cinema Award of the International Filmfestival Mannheim -Heidelberg. Although primarily known for his feature films, Sokurov has also directed more than 20 documentaries. His film Russian Ark from 2002 depicts a documentary masterpiece and at the same time a world record, because it consists only of a single, 92 -minute shot without any cut. ( See also: Steadicam ).
2011 presented with Sokurov 's Faust is a film based on the tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The German- occupied with cast production - including Johannes Zeiler in the title role and Hanna Schygulla - earned him the Golden Lion at the 68th International Film Festival of Venice in 2011. The eight million euro production is by Moloch ( about Hitler ), Taurus ( Lenin ) and Solntse ( about the Japanese Emperor Hirohito ) the last part of Sokurov's tetralogy about the power and evil dar.
Filmography
Movies
Documentary
Writings
- The mundane sameness of death. In: Peter W. Jansen, Wolfram Schütte (ed.): Andrei Tarkovsky. Hanser, Munich, 1987, ISBN 3-446-15016-1.
- Japanese travel, translated and with an afterword by Hans -Joachim Schlegel. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-8296-0620-2.