About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1958-12-04
Place of birth:
Moscow, USSR (Russia)
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Aleksandr Zeldovich

Overview

Aleksandr Yefimovich Zeldovich (Russian: Александр Ефимович Зельдович; born 4 December, 1958; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, theater director and screenwriter. One of the cult Russian filmmakers. A curious feature of Zeldovich career is that since 1990, his feature films have been released exactly once of every 10 years, at the beginning of each decade.

In 1980, he graduated from the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University. In 1986, he graduated from the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors (the workshop of Gleb Panfilov and Alexander Mitta). Since 1986 - director of the Mosfilm Film Studio. He made his debut in the big cinema in 1990 with the film "Sunset" - a fantasy on the themes of Isaac Babel. The film was shown in the non-competitive program of numerous festivals, as well as at the Berlin Film Festival (participation in the "Forum" program). In 2000, Zeldovich presented his film "Moscow" based on a script written in collaboration with famous russian writer Vladimir Sorokin. The film, which has become an event of Russian cinema, participated in the official program of the Venice Film Festival ("Cinema del Presente" competition program) and many other. The premiere of the film "Target" (2011), also created according to the script in collaboration with Vladimir Sorokin, took place at the Berlin Film Festival (participation in the "Panorama" program). The fourth full-length film "Medea" (2021) was part of the official competition program at Locarno Film Festival.

Known for

Acting
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1972 Hooray! We Have a Vacation! Actor 59
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Directing
2021 Medea Directing Director 59
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2011 Target Directing Director 58
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2004 Winter Spring Directing Director N/A
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2002 Trial Directing Director N/A
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2000 Moscow Directing Director 59
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1990 Sunset Directing Director 58
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1986 Amazon Directing Director N/A
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1984 Malva Directing Director N/A
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1983 At Night Around the City Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 Medea Writing Screenplay 59
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2011 Target Writing Writer 58
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2009 Trap Writing Writer N/A
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2004 Winter Spring Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Trial Writing Screenplay N/A
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2000 Moscow Writing Writer 59
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1984 Malva Writing Screenplay N/A
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1983 At Night Around the City Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2021 Medea Production Producer 59
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Art
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Editing
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