Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (russian: Александр Владимирович Мельник; 11 June 1958, Chervonopartyzansk – 8 September 2021) was a Russian film director.

Career

Melnik graduated from Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, and worked for a time as a journalist and publisher. He was a member of the Guild of Russian Filmmakers. He was the father of film producer Anton Melnik.

Death

Melnik died at the Kitabo-Oron waterfall (Big Irkindinsky waterfall), located in the western part of the

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, 120 km from Norilsk, together with the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev during the scouting of a filming location. Melnik slipped and fell off a cliff into the water. Zinichev died after he dove off the cliff to save Melnik, according to the ministry. Melnik's funeral service was held at the

Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi The Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi (russian: Храм Святителя Николая в Толмачах, translit=Khram Svyatityelya Nikolaya v Tolmachakh) is both a Russian Orthodox house church and museum that is part of the State Tret ...

on 11 September 2021, and he was buried later that day in the village of , where he had lived.

Filmography

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'' (Территория, ''Territoriya''): film director

References

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