- Known For
- Directing
- Birthday
- 2/25/1959 - 5/18/2013
- Place of Birth
- 俄罗斯,叶卡捷琳堡
Aleksey Balabanov
Biography
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.
