Alexander Sokurov

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Alexander Sokurov is a Russian film director and screenwriter renowned for his meditative, visually distinctive art films such as "Russian Ark" and "Mother and Son."

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Alexander Sokurov canonical 3
Alexander Nikolaevich Sokurov 1
Sokurov 1

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instanceOf documentary filmmaker
film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
activeInField world cinema
awardReceived Golden Lion
surface form: Golden Lion for Best Film
awardReceivedForWork Faust
citizenshipPeriod Soviet era and post-Soviet Russia
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
familyName Alexander Sokurov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sokurov
fullName Alexander Sokurov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alexander Nikolaevich Sokurov
gender male
givenName Alexander
hasGenre drama film
experimental film
historical film
influencedBy Andrei Tarkovsky
knownFor intimate chamber dramas
philosophical historical dramas
single-take feature film Russian Ark
languageOfWork Russian
movement art film
slow cinema
name Alexander Sokurov self-link
nativeLanguage Russian
notableAward Golden Lion
notableFor continuous Steadicam shot in Russian Ark
notableWork Elegy of a Voyage
Father and Son
Faust
Moloch
Mother and Son
Russian Ark
Taurus
The Sun
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
teacher
style long takes
meditative visual style
painterly cinematography
subjectOf retrospectives at major film festivals
workFocus family relationships
history
power and authority
spiritual and metaphysical themes

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VGIK notableAlumnus Alexander Sokurov
Alexander Sokurov name Alexander Sokurov self-link
Alexander Sokurov fullName Alexander Sokurov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alexander Nikolaevich Sokurov
Alexander Sokurov familyName Alexander Sokurov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sokurov