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.
2023Aleksey Balabanov. PostscriptMovieas self (archive)
2022Balabanov. Belltower. RequiemMovieas self (archive)
2021We Others Will NotMovieas self (archive)
2017Plankton SalesmenMovieas Self (archive footage)2012Me TooMovieas Director · Director · Screenplay2010The StokerMovieWriter · Director2008MorphineMovieDirector2007Cargo 200MovieWriter · Director2006It Doesn't Hurt MeMovieDirector · Writer2005Dead Man's BluffMovieDirector · Writer2002WarMovieWriter · Director2002RiverMovieScreenplay · Director2000Brother 2MovieDirector · Writer
2000How «Brother 2» Was FilmedMovieas self1998Of Freaks and MenMovieDirector · Writer1997BrotherMovieWriter · Director1996The Arrival of a TrainMovieDirector · Screenplay1996Secrets Shared with a StrangerMovieProducer1996Sergei Eisenstein: AutobiographyMovieProducer
