Aleksei Alekseivich German Jr. (, 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 confusion.

Biography

Aleksei German is a son of Russian film director Aleksei Yuryevich German (hence in Russia he is often called "Aleksei German Junior") and screenwriter Svetlana Igorevna Karmalita, and a grandson of writer Yuri German. He finished

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

in 2001 and worked on

Lenfilm Lenfilm (, acronym of Leningrad Films) is a Russian production and distribution company with its own film studio located in Saint Petersburg (the city was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, thus the name). It is a corporation with its stakes s ...

film studio. His feature film debut ''The Last Train'' (2003) won the Best Picture and International Film Critics' Awards at Thessaloniki. For his film '' Paper Soldier'' (2008), German received the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. His sixth film, '' Under Electric Clouds'' (2015), was screened in the main competition section of the

65th Berlin International Film Festival The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The ...

. and earned him the award for Achievement in Directing at the

Asia Pacific Screen Awards The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia, sometimes called "Asia-Pacific Oscars". In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting a ...

in 2015.

Personal life

German married production and costume designer Elena Okopnaya in 2011.

Filmography

* ''The Last Train'' / ''Poslednij Poezd'' (2003) —

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...

in nomination "Discovery of the Year" * '' Garpastum'' (2005) —

in nomination "Best Director", nominated for

Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...

of the

62nd Venice International Film Festival The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 31 August 2005 to 10 September 2005, at Venice Lido in Italy. Italian production and costume designer Dante Ferretti was the jury president for the main competition. Spanish act ...

* '' Paper Soldier'' / ''Bumazhnyj Soldat'' (2008) —

in nomination "Best Director",

Silver Lion The Silver Lion (, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film in the official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998. The prize has been awar ...

of the 65th Venice International Film Festival in nomination "Best Director" and " Golden Osella" for Best Cinematography * ''Crush'' / ''Korotkoe zamykanie'', part "Kim" (2009) * ''From the Tokyo'' / ''Iz Tokyo'' (2011, short film) * '' Under Electric Clouds'' / ''Pod electricheskimi oblakami'' (2015) * '' Dovlatov'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2024)Air
36. Tokyo International Film Festival

References

External links

* 1976 births Living people Russian film directors Recipients of the Nika Award Venice Best Director Silver Lion winners Asia Pacific Screen Award winners {{Russia-film-director-stub