Aleksey Balabanov

Birthday: 2/25/1959
Deathday: 5/18/2013
Place of birth: Sverdlovsk, USSR (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Алексей Балабанов, Aleksey Balabanov, Alekseï Balabanov, Alexei Balabanov, Aleksei Balabanov, ალექსეი ბალაბანოვი, Олексій Балабанов

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.