The following is the list of Russian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

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Vadim Abdrashitov Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov (russian: Вадим Юсупович Абдрашитов, tt-Cyrl, Вадим Йосыф улы Габдерәшитов) is one of Russian cinema's most notable independent director (film), directors. He is inter ...

Sarik Andreasyan Sarik Garnikovich Andreasyan (russian: Сарик Гарникович Андреасян; hy, Սարիկ Գառնիկի Անդրեասյան; born 1984) is a Russian-Armenian director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and com ...

André Andrejew André Andrejew (21 January 1887 – 13 March 1967) was one of the most important art directors of the international cinema of the twentieth century. He had a distinctive, innovative style. His décors were both expressive and realistic. French writ ...

Oleg Anofriyev Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, russian: link=no, Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 193028 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatreРусский драматический театр: Энци ...

Semyon Aranovich Semyon Davidovich Aranovich (Russian: Семён Дави́дович Арано́вич, 23 July 1934, Derazhnya, Ukraine, Soviet Union – 8 September 1996, Hamburg, Germany) was a Soviet and Russian film director. Life and career Arano ...

* Artur Aristakisyan

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Aleksei Balabanov Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from c ...

Kantemir Balagov Kantemir Arturovich Balagov (russian: Кантемир Артурович Балагов, kbd, Бэлагъы Артурыкъуэ Къантемыр; born 28 July 1991) is a Russian film director of Circassian descent, screenwriter and cinema ...

Boris Barnet Boris Vasilyevich Barnet (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Ба́рнет; 18 June 1902 – 8 January 1965) was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British heritage. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963. Barne ...

Yevgeni Bauer Yevgeni Franzevich Bauer (russian: Евгений Францевич Бауэр) (1865 – ) was a Russian film director of silent films, a theatre artist and a screenwriter. His work had a great influence on the aesthetics of Russian cinemat ...

Timur Bekmambetov Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (, ; ; born June 25, 1961) is a Russian-Kazakhstan, Kazakh film Film director, director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic ''Night Watch (2004 fi ...

Lidia Bobrova Lidia Bobrova (born 13 June 1952) is a Russian film director born in Zabaikalsk, Soviet Union (now Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the ...

Sergei Bodrov Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov ( rus, Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈdrof; born June 28, 1948) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2003 he was the President of the Jury at the 2 ...

* Sergei Bodrov, Jr. * Fedor Bondarchuk * Alexander Borodyansky *

Vladimir Bortko Vladimir Vladimirovich Bortko (russian: Владимир Владимирович Бортко; born 7 May 1946) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was a member of the State Duma between 2011 and 2021, and was aw ...

Arcady Boytler Arcady Sergeevich Boytler Rososky (August 31, 1895 – November 24, 1965) was a producer, screenwriter, and director most renowned for his films during the golden age of Mexican cinema. Boytler was born in Moscow, Russia. During the 1920s, he ...

Konstantin Bronzit Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit (russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Бронзи́т; born 12 April 1965) is a Russian animator and animation film director and nominated twice for Academy Awards, Oscars. He currently works at one ...

Dimitri Buchowetzki Dimitri Buchowetzki (1885–1932) born Dmitry Savelyevych Bukhovecky was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor in Germany, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, and France. Life and career Initially Buchowetzki studied law. Later h ...

Yuri Bykov __NOTOC__ Yuri Anatolyevich Bykov (Russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бы́ков; born August 15, 1981) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the films '' The Major'', '' The Fool'' and the T ...

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Pyotr Chardynin Pyotr Ivanovich Chardynin (russian: Пётр Иванович Чардынин) ( – 14 August 1934) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor. One of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, Chardynin direc ...

Pavel Chukhray Pavel Grigoryevich Chukhray (russian: Па́вел Григо́рьевич Чухра́й; Bykovo, Moscow Oblast, October 14, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the prominent Russian film directo ...

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Grigoriy Dobrygin Grigoriy Eduardovich Dobrygin (''also trans.'' Grigory; russian: Григо́рий Эдуа́рдович Добры́гин; born 17 February 1986) is a Russian film and theatre actor, director and producer. A classically trained ballet dance ...

Ivan Dykhovichny Ivan Vladimirovich Dykhovichny (Russian: Иван Владимирович Дыховичный, 16 October 1947 – 27 September 2009) was a Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1984 and 2009. His film ''M ...

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Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenw ...

Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai (russian: Андре́й Андре́евич Эшпа́й, born 18 April 1956, Moscow, Russia) is a (Russian and Soviet) film director, screenwriter and producer of Mari descent. Biography He is the son of the co ...

Nurbek Egen Nurbek Egen (Russian Нурбек Эген; born 3 December 1975) is a Kyrgyz and Russian film and TV director and screenwriter. His films have won two Young Artist Awards: his short film ''Sanzhyra'' as Best Short Foreign Film and his feature ...

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Aleksey Fedorchenko Aleksey Fedorchenko (russian: Алексе́й Станисла́вович Федо́рченко; born 1966) is a film director from Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively ...

* Prince Michael Feodorovich of Russia *

Dmitri Alexeyevich Frolov Dmitri Alexeyevich Frolov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Фролов; born February 27, 1966) is a Russian film director in Independent film, independent Experimental film, experimental cinema and a director of photography. Biog ...

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Levan Gabriadze Levan "Leo" Gabriadze ( ka, ლევან რევაზის ძე გაბრიაძე, ''Levan Revazis dze Gabriadze''; russian: Лева́н Рева́зович Габриа́дзе, ''Levan Revazovich Gabriadze''; born 16 Novembe ...

Vladimir Gardin Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (russian: Влади́мир Ростисла́вович Га́рдин) (born Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov (Благонра́вов); – 28 May 1965) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who ...

* Sergei Gerasimov *

Marion Gering Marion Gering (June 9, 1901 in Rostov-on-Don – April 19, 1977 in New York City) was a Russian-born American stage producer and director. He moved to the United States in 1923 as an artist. He became involved in the theatrical community in Chicag ...

Aleksei Alekseivich German Aleksei Alekseivich German (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Герман, born 4 September 1976) is a Russian film director. His last name is pronounced with a hard "g" and in English is sometimes spelled Guerman or Gherman to avoid c ...

Aleksei Yuryevich German Aleksei Yuryevich German ( rus, Алексей Юрьевич Герман, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲermən; 20 July 193821 February 2013) was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter. Biography German was born in Lenin ...

Valeriya Gai Germanika Valeriya Gai Alexandrovna Germanika (russian: Валерия Гай Александровна Германика, born Valeriya Igorevna Dudinskaya (russian: Вале́рия И́горевна Дуди́нская); born 1 March 1984, Moscow) ...

Victor Ginzburg Victor Ginzburg (born 1957) is a Russian American mathematician who works in representation theory and in noncommutative geometry. He is known for his contributions to geometric representation theory, especially, for his works on representations ...

* Georgi Gitis *

Alexander Goldstein Alexander Goldstein (born August 10, 1948), also credited as ''Aleksandr Goldshteyn'' and ''Aleksandr Goldstein'' in films, is a Russian–American music composer, conductor, songwriter, record producer, film producer, director, editor and is ...

Vasily Goncharov Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov (russian: Василий Михайлович Гончаров) (1861 – 23 August 1915) was a Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire, who directed ...

Stanislav Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (russian: Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russians, Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He w ...

Alexis Granowsky Alexis Granowsky (russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Грано́вский; 1890–1937) was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Azarkh to a Jewish family in Moscow. After stud ...

Yuli Gusman Yuli Solomonovich Gusman (russian: Юлий Соломонович Гусман) (born 8 August 1943, Baku) is a Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani film director and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the prestigious Nika Award. Life and career Y ...

Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez was born in 1968 in Moscow, Russia to an Iraqi people, Iraqi father and Chilean-Costa Rican mother She is a director and scriptwriter. Director of El Camino, a film designed for the Latin American cinema, was described as an ...

Alexander Gutman Alexander Ilyich Gutman (russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Гу́тман; 29 January 1945 – 17 February 2016), also spelt as Alexandre Goutman and Aleksandr Gutman, was a Russian film director of Jewish origin. During a 30-year ca ...

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Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed and co-written (with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni) by Akira Kurosawa. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning. ...

Viktor Ivanov Viktor Petrovich Ivanov (russian: Виктор Петрович Иванов, born May 12, 1950) is a Russian politician and businessman, former KGB officer, who served in the KGB Directorate of Leningrad and its successors in 1977–1994. He w ...

Aleksandr Ivanovsky Aleksandr Viktorovich Ivanovsky (; November 29, 1881 – January 12, 1968) was a screenwriter and film director in Soviet Union. He was awarded the USSR State Prize, Stalin Prize in 1941, for his work on the 1940 film ''Musical Story''. His 1944 o ...

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Roman Abelevich Kachanov Roman Abelevich Kachanov (russian: link=no, Роман Абелевич Качанов; 25 February 19214 July 1993) was a Soviet animator who worked primarily in the stop-motion animation technique. He directed the popular series of films about ...

Roman Romanovich Kachanov Roman Romanovich Kachanov (russian: link=no, Роман Романович Качанов; born 17 January 1967) is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is a film director and screenwriter of the films ''Demo ...

* Mikheil Kalatozishvili *

Yuri Kara Yuri Viktorovich Kara (Russian: Юрий Викторович Кара), born on 12 November 1954 in Stalino, is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Yuri Kara was born on 12 November 1954 in the Stalino, which is now c ...

Andrey Kavun Andrey Olegovich Kavun ( uk, Андрій Олегович Кавун; russian: Андрей Олегович Кавун; ) is a Russians, Russian film director and screenwriter of Ukrainians, Ukrainian origin, notable for Historical fiction, hist ...

Tigran Keosayan Tigran Edmondovich Keosayan ( hy, Տիգրան էդմոնդի Քեոսայան, russian: Тигран Эдмондович Кеосаян; born January 4, 1966) is a Russian film director, actor and television presenter of Armenian origin. He is a ...

Rustam Khamdamov Rustam Usmanovich Khamdamov (russian: Руста́м Усма́нович Хамда́мов, born 24 May 1944 in Tashkent) is a Soviet and Russian film director and artist. His film ''Anna Karamazoff'' (1991) was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film ...

Nikolay Khomeriki Nikolay Khomeriki (born 17 April 1975) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films since 2004. His film '' 977'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later his f ...

Vladimir Khotinenko Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Хотиненко; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Soviet Union) is a Russian actor, film director and designer. Biography Born in the Altai Krai, Russian S ...

* Aleksandr Khvan *

Andrei Khrzhanovsky Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian animator, documentary filmmaker, writer and producer known for making art films. He is the fath ...

Ilya Khrzhanovsky Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржановский; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born film director, screenwriter, film producer and member of the European Film Academy. His father Andrei Khrzhano ...

Viktor Kossakovsky Viktor Kossakovsky (russian: Виктор Косаковский; born 19 July 1961) is a Russian documentary filmmaker. Early life Kossakovsky was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the time Leningrad, U.S.S.R. He began his film career in ...

Alexander Kott Alexander Konstantinovich Kott (russian: Александр Константинович Котт; born 22 February 1973) is a Russian director and screenwriter. Selected filmography Director * (2006) 8-episode TV series adapted from the epo ...

Andrei Kravchuk Andrei Yurievich Kravchuk (russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Кравчу́к; born 13 April 1962 in Leningrad) is a Russian television and film director and screenwriter best known for his films '' The Italian'' (2005) and '' Admiral'' ( ...

* Eldar Kuliev

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Vasily Livanov Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock H ...

Konstantin Lopushansky Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky (russian: Константин Сергеевич Лопушанский; born June 12, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film director, film theorist and author. He is best known for directing the apocalyptic and po ...

Pavel Lungin Pavel Semyonovich Lungin (russian: Па́вел Семёнович Лунги́н; born 12 July 1949) is a Russian film director. He is sometimes credited as Pavel Loungine (as in the American release of ''Tycoon''). Lungin was awarded the distin ...

Alexey Lushnikov Alexey Germanovich Lushnikov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Ге́рманович Лу́шников; born June 10, 1966) is a Russian painter, television host, writer, producer, documentary filmmaker, political scientist, journalist, acto ...

Pavel Lyubimov Pavel Grigoryevich Lyubimov (7 September 1938 – 23 June 2010) was a Russians, Russian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 1962, he graduated from the directing department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, State Institute of C ...

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Alexei Makarov Alexei Valerevich Makarov (russian: Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Мака́ров; 15 February 1972) is a Russian actor of theatre and cinema. Born 1972 in Omsk in family of actors Valeriy Makarov and Lyubov Polishchuk. Biography A ...

Yuri Mamin Yuri Mamin (russian: Юрий Борисович Мамин) is a Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) rem ...

Vitaly Mansky Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (russian: Виталий Всеволодович Манский, uk, Віталій Всеволодович Манський; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian documentary f ...

Vladimir Mashkov Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov ( Russian: Владимир Львович Машков; born 27 November 1963) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director of cinema, known to Western audiences for his work in the 2001 film '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and 2 ...

* Vladimir Maslov *

Anna Melikian Anna Melikian ( hy, Աննա Մելիքյան; russian: Анна Меликян; born February 8, 1976) is a Russian film and TV director/ producer whose work has been recognized with various awards at major international film festivals. After he ...

Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov (russian: Влади́мир Валенти́нович Меньшо́в; 17 September 1939 – 5 July 2021)Dmitriy Meshiev Dmitry Dmitriyevich Meskhiev (russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Месхиев, born 31 October 1963) is a Russian film director. His 2004 film '' Our Own'' won the Golden George at the 26th Moscow International Film Festival, and his ...

Alexandre Michon Alexander Mishon (russian: Александр Михайлович Мишон; 5 July 1858, in Kharkiv – 5 July 1921, near Samara) was a Russian Empire photographer and cinematographer. Born to a French family in Kharkiv, he started his caree ...

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the ...

Nikolay Milovidov Nikolay Nicolaevich Milovidov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Милови́дов; born 30 Octoberl 1963) is a Russian documentary film-maker, an author and director of numerous films and telecasts, a laureate of internationa ...

Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta (russian: Алекса́ндр Нау́мович Митта́; born 28 March 1933 in Moscow) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabino ...

* Léonide Moguy *

Peter Mostavoy Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

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Vladimir Naumov Vladimir Naumovich Naumov (russian: Влади́мир Нау́мович Нау́мов; 6 December 1927 – 29 November 2021) was a Russian film director and writer. Naumov was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1983. He was a schoolmate o ...

Leonid Nechayev Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (russian: Леони́д Алексе́евич Неча́ев; 3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director.Елена ЮринскаяПапа Лёня: Скончался кинорежис� ...

Andrei Nekrasov Andrei Lvovich Nekrasov (russian: Андре́й Льво́вич Некра́сов; born 26 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian film and TV director from Saint Petersburg. Life and career Andrei Nekrasov studied acting and directin ...

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...

* Angelina Nikonova *

Sergei Nolbandov Sergei Nolbandov (1895-1971) was a Russian-born screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Nolbandov was born in Moscow in 1895. He later moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He died in Lewes, Sussex in 1971.S ...

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Ivan Okhlobystin Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Охлобы́стин; born 22 July 1966) is a Russian actor, director, screenwriter, and former Orthodox priest. He is currently defrocked by the ministry of the Russian Ort ...

* Sergio Olhovich *

Nikolay Olyalin Nikolay Vladimiriovich Olyalin (russian: Николай Владимирович Олялин; 22 May 1941 - 17 November 2009) was a Soviet-Ukrainian actor of Russian ethnicity. Biography Early life As a child, Olyalin took drama classes at schoo ...

Fedor Ozep Fedor Ozep or Fyodor Otsep (russian: Фёдор Алекса́ндрович О́цеп, ''Fyodor Aleksandrovich Otsep''; February 9, 1895 – June 20, 1949) was a Russian-American film director and screenwriter, born in Moscow. An important earl ...

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Gleb Panfilov Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov (russian: Глеб Анатольевич Панфилов, link=no; born 21 May 1934 in Magnitogorsk) is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wif ...

* Andrei Panin *

Maksim Pezhemsky Maksim Pezhemsky (born 30 March 1963) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film '' Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez severnyy polyus'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ...

Gennadi Poloka Gennadi Ivanovich Poloka (russian: Генна́дий Ива́нович Поло́ка; 15 July 1930, Kuybyshev – 5 December 2014, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. People's Artist of Russia (19 ...

Alyona Polunina Alyona Polunina (russian: Алёна Полунина; born December 31, 1975) is a Russian independent filmmaker. Biography Alyona Polunina was born in Tuapse. In 2002, she won an educational grant and enrolled in a school for script writers a ...

Alexei Popogrebski Alexei Petrovich Popogrebski (russian: Алексе́й Петро́вич Попогре́бский; born 7 August 1972) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His 2010 film ''How I Ended This Summer'' was nominated for the Golden Bear a ...

Mikhail Porechenkov Mikhail Yevgenyevich Porechenkov (russian: Михаи́л Евге́ньевич Поре́ченков; born 2 March 1969, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian film actor, producer, director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent ...

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov Aleksandr Shalvovich Porokhovshchikov (russian: Александр Шалвович Пороховщиков, 31 January 1939, Moscow – 15 April 2012, Moscow) was a Russian film and theatre actor and film director, People's Artist of Russia ...

Maxim Pozdorovkin Maxim Pozdorovkin is a Russian-American filmmaker based in New York. He is the director of ''The Truth About Killer Robots'', an HBO documentary that premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. ''The Truth About Killer Robots'' was ...

Valeriy Priyomykhov Valeriy Mikhaylovich Priyomykhov (russian: Валерий Михайлович Приёмыхов; 27 December 1943 25 August 2000) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and author. Awards *Winner of USSR State Prize: ** ...

* Aleksandr Proshkin *

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February ( O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of ...

Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin ( rus, Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, p=ˈfsʲevələt ɪlərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn; 16 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter ...

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Gregory Ratoff Gregory Ratoff (born Grigory Vasilyevich Ratner; russian: Григорий Васильевич Ратнер, tr. ; April 20, c. 1893 – December 14, 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. As an actor, he was bes ...

Diana Ringo Diana Ringo (born 8 March 1992) is a Finnish film director, composer and visual artist. Her director debut is dystopian feature film drama ''Quarantine'' (2021) which was shortlisted for the 2022 Golden Globes as a foreign entry. She was also c ...

Aleksandr Rogozhkin Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rogozhkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Рого́жкин; 3 October 1949 – 23 October 2021) was a Russian film director and writer. Career In 1990, Rogozhkin directed ''Karaul'', which wo ...

Pavel Ruminov Pavel Yurevich Ruminov (russian: Па́вел Ю́рьевич Руми́нов; born 25 November 1974) is a Russian film director. He began his career in Vladivostok directing music videos for Russian acts such as Mumiy Troll and Zemfira befor ...

* Sergei Ryabov *

Oleg Ryaskov Oleg Ryaskov is a director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Moscow into a family of engineers. Oleg Ryaskov studied at Moscow architecture University. During his studies, he began to work in cinema and TV. His career began with Vladisl ...

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Aleksei Saltykov Aleksey Aleksandrovich Saltykov (russian: Алексей Александрович Салтыков; 13 May 1934 – 8 April 1993) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian people, Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the RSFSR ...

Samson Samsonov Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (russian: Самсо́н Ио́сифович Самсо́нов; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of ...

Mikhail Segal Mikhail Yurievich Segal, (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Сегал; born 3 January 1974) is a Russian film director and writer. Biography Mikhail grew up in Oryol, Russia. As a schoolboy he was attending a theatrical studio at the local ...

Nikolay Serebryakov Nikolay Nikolayevich Serebryakov (russian: Николай Николаевич Серебряков; 14 December 1928, Leningrad – 9 August 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian director of animated films and a People's Artist of Russia Peop ...

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Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998. ...

Vasily Shukshin Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A ...

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Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

Yuliya Solntseva Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva (russian: Ю́лия Ипполи́товна Со́лнцева; born Yuliya Ippolitovna Peresvetova, 7 August 1901 – 28 October 1989) was a Soviet actress and film director. As an actress, she is known for s ...

Stanislav Solovkin Stanislav Aleksandrovich Solovkin ( rus, Станисла́в Алекса́ндрович Соло́вкин, born 10 January 1977) is a Russian journalist, director and producer. He is best known for his work on ''Last Hero'', '' Wait for me' ...

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Ladislas Starevich Ladislas Starevich (russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич, pl, Władysław Starewicz; August 8, 1882 – February 26, 1965) was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first pu ...

Alexander Stefanovich Alexander Borisovich Stefanovich (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Стефа́нович; 13 December 1944 – 13 July 2021) was a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Cavalier of Order of Friendship. Biography ...

Vera Storozheva Vera Storozheva (born 7 September 1958) is a Russian actress and film director. She has directed nine films since 2002. Her 2007 film ''Travelling with Pets'' won the Golden George at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmog ...

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Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

Alexander Tatarsky Alexander Mikhailovich Tatarsky (russian: Александр Михайлович Татарский; December 11, 1950 – July 22, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, screenwriter, animator, producer, artist, co-founder and a ...

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Pyotr Todorovsky Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky (russian: Пётр Ефи́мович Тодоро́вский, uk, Петро Юхимович Тодоровський, 26 August 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematograph ...

Valery Todorovsky Valery Petrovich Todorovsky (russian: Вале́рий Петро́вич Тодоро́вский; born 9 May 1962, in Odessa) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, TV producer whose best known film is '' Hipsters'' (2008). He is the son of ...

* Pyotr Tochilin * Boris Tokarev *

Victor Trivas Victor Trivas (July 9, 1896 – April 12, 1970) was a Russian-JewishSiegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211 screenwriter and film director. He was nom ...

George Tsisetski George Tsisetski (also Grzegorz Cisiecki) (born 24 November 1985 in Minsk) is a Byelorussian film director, screenwriter, playwdramatist and visual artist. Known for his surrealist films. Filmography Directed * (Short film) (2005) * ''Niewolnic ...

Slava Tsukerman Vladislav "Slava" Tsukerman (russian: Сла́ва (Владисла́в Менделе́вич) Цукерма́н; born March 9, 1940) is a Russian people, Russian film director of Jewish origin. He was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated ...

Mikhail Tumanishvili Mikhail Iosifovich Tumanishvili (russian: Михаи́л Ио́сифович Туманишви́ли), born 19 June 1935, died 22 December 2010, was a Russian Stage director, stage and film director and actor. Tumanishvili is best known of his 1 ...

Nikita Gennadievich Tyagunov Nikita Gennadievich Tyagunov (russian: Ники́та Генна́дьевич Тягуно́в; 7 February 1953 in Moscow – 20 July 1992 in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian film and theatrical director, whose film '' Noga'' (1991) won numerous awards ...

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Alexei Uchitel Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951) is a Russian film director. In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia. Life and career Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 ...

Eldor Magomatovich Urazbayev Eldor Magomatovich Urazbayev (russian: Эльдор Магоматович Уразбаев; 11 October 1940 – 21 February 2012) was a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was honored with the ...

Sergei Ursuliak Sergei Vladimirovich Ursuliak (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Урсуля́к; born June 10, 1958, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor, TV presenter. Filmography Director * '' Russian ...

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Mikhail Vartanov Mikhail Vartanov (russian: Михаил Вартанов, links=no, hy, Միքայել Վարդանով, links=no, french: Mikhaïl Vartanov, links=no; b. February 21, 1937, RSFSR, Soviet Union, now Russian Federation, d. December 31, 2009, Holl ...

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Filipp Yankovsky Filipp Olegovich Yankovsky (russian: Фили́пп Оле́гович Янко́вский) is a Russian actor and film director. He was born on October 10, 1968, to actor Oleg Yankovsky. Life and career Filipp Yankovsky was born October 10, 196 ...

Vlad Yudin Vlad Yudin (russian: Влад Юдин; born 26 October 1982) is a Russian filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the United States, where he has made documentaries about topics such as hip-hop music, bodybuilding, and MMA. Filmography *''Bi ...

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Andrej Andreevich Zolotov Andrej Andreevich Zolotov is a Russian screenwriter and music and art critic born in 1937, who has written over 30 documentaries about Russian musicians, composers and conductors. Today he is the vice president of the Russian Academy of Arts.Зол ...

Andrey Zvyagintsev Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев, p=ˈzvʲæɡʲɪntsɨf; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Return'' (2003) won him a Golden Lion at ...

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