Person

Aleksei Balabanov

Directing

Known for: Directing
Born: Feb 25, 1959
Died: May 18, 2013
From: Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR

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.