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Sokurov Alexander
Alexander Sokurov - film director and screenwriter, Honored Artist, People's Artist of Russia. The laureate of the State Prizes of the Russian Federation, the holder of the Golden Leopard, MKF to Locarno for a special contribution to the world cinema, the Vatican Prize winner "The Third Millennium", the winner of international and Russian film festivals. His work was nominated 43 times for the prizes of the most prestigious film competitions, of which they won 26 times. In 2011, the “Golden Leo” of the Venice Film Festival and the prize of the ecumenical jury for the painting “Faust”.
In 1995, by decision of the European Film Academy, the name of Alexander Sokurov was included in the number of the best directors of world cinema.
Sokurov is a member of the Commission on Culture and Art under the President of the Russian Federation and a member of the Commission for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage under the Government of St. Petersburg. He heads the public group of activists-citizens-the so-called “Sokurov group”, which fights the destruction of Old Petersburg.
Alexander Sokurov : “The trouble and tragedy of St. Petersburg is that everything is done intentionally. These are not urban planning mistakes. The triumph of architectural mediocrity. "
Alexander Sokurov on Polit.ru:
Faust's rental Sokurov in Russia starts on February 9
6 cases of searching for meaning on Wednesday
Faust Sokurova will be rented in January
The Film Foundation will help Faust Sokurov with rental
German and Sokurov asked Putin to prevent the destruction of Lenfilm "
Sokurov does not have time to release Faust to the Venice Film Festival
Director Alexander Sokurov: The administrative center in St. Petersburg needs to be postponed, but the historical one cannot be touched
Alexander Sokurov began shooting "Faust"
Sokurov received the main prize at the Norwegian Film Festival
Sokurov received a reward from the hands of the president of Italy
The film director Alexander Sokurov puts in the large Boris Godunov
Alexander Sokurov awarded at the International Film Festival in Locarno
Alexander Sokurov finished filming the film "Alexander"
Alexander Sokurov will be awarded "Honorary Leopard"
Alexander Sokurov will acquire the Honorary Leopard
Sokurov asked to delete the "sun" from the list of nominees "Nicky" and was refused
Alexander Sokurov will make a film about the Caucasus
Sokurov finishes work on the film about the fate of Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich
Sokurov proposes to introduce a moratorium on all events on Palace Square
The "Sun" Alexander Sokurov goes to the Russian film.
Vadim Zhuravlev: We are deprived of the opportunity to be perceived as a theater
Russian films cancel into the water ...
Sokurov did not receive the main prize of Berlinale
Sokurov’s new film will be shown at the Berlin Film Festival
About Soviet magical realism
Porcelads of St. Petersburg elections
Putin presented state prizes in the field of literature and art. In general, this is a combination of officialdom with mass cultural fashion