Directed credits
12
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Aleksei Balabanov
Directing
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1.5
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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 113337
IMDb ID: nm0049326
Known for: Directing
Born: February 25, 1959
Died: May 18, 2013
Age: 54
Place of birth: Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2023
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q557323
Also known as
Алексей Балабанов • Aleksey Balabanov • Alekseï Balabanov • Alexei Balabanov • Aleksei Balabanov • ალექსეი ბალაბანოვი • Олексій Балабанов
Frequent jobs
Director (12)Writer (4)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Aleksei Balabanov.
5.6
Me Too
Director
2012 Movie
6.7
Morphine
Director
2008 Movie
5.3
It Doesn't Hurt Me
Director
2006 Movie
6.7
Dead Man's Bluff
Director
2005 Movie
7.1
Brother 2
Director
2000 Movie
6.3
Of Freaks and Men
Director
1998 Movie
4.6
The Arrival of a Train
Director
1996 Movie
5.6
The Castle
Director
1994 Movie
5.6
Happy Days
Director
1991 Movie
About air flying in Russia
Director
1989 Movie
3.5
One Step Beyond
Director
1988 Movie
4.6
There used to be another time
Director
1987 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Aleksei Balabanov.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Aleksei Balabanov.
6.7
Dead Man's Bluff
Director
2005 Movie
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
6.8
Cargo 200
Writer
2007 Movie
7.1
Brother 2
Director
2000 Movie
7.5
Brother
Writer
1997 Movie
6.1
The Stoker
Writer
2010 Movie
6.3
Of Freaks and Men
Director
1998 Movie
6.7
Morphine
Director
2008 Movie
6.8
War
Writer
2002 Movie
5.6
Me Too
Director
2012 Movie
4.6
The Arrival of a Train
Director
1996 Movie
5.6
The Castle
Director
1994 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Aleksei Balabanov.
6.1
The Stoker
Writer
2010 Movie
6.8
Cargo 200
Writer
2007 Movie
6.8
War
Writer
2002 Movie
5.6
River
Screenplay
2002 Movie
7.5
Brother
Writer
1997 Movie
1.0
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Producer
1996 Movie
8.5
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Producer
1996 Movie
5.0
Nastya and Egor
Screenplay
1989 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Aleksei Balabanov.
Aleksey Balabanov. Postscript
as self (archive)
2023 Movie
8.0
Balabanov. Belltower. Requiem
as self (archive)
2022 Movie
10.0
We Others Will Not
as self (archive)
2021 Movie
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
5.6
Me Too
as Director
2012 Movie
How «Brother 2» Was Filmed
as self
2000 Movie
4.6
The Arrival of a Train
1996 Movie