About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1991-07-28
Place of birth:
Nalchik, USSR (Russia)
Website:
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Kantemir Balagov

Overview

Kantemir was born in Nalchik, Russia, in a family, unrelated to cinematography. Since childhood, Kantemir watched a lot of mainstream movies, and at the age of 18 began to create his own small videos. Then, together with friends in Nalchik, he shot an Internet series with episodes of 10 minutes each. He didn't originally plan to pursue a career of a filmmaker, but decided to apply for the cinema workshop, led by Alexander Sokurov at the Kabardino-Balkarian University. During his studies he made several fiction and documentary films. Some of Balagov’s short films were shown at the 67th Locarno Film Festival. In 2017, he made his debut as a director with the feature film Closeness in the program Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, where he received the prize FIPRESCI. In 2019, Balagov received the Cannes Best Director Award and FIPRESCI prize for the film Beanpole, which was presented in the program Un Certain Regard.

Known for

Acting
2015 Antigone Actor N/A
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2014 Army Actor N/A
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Directing
2019 Beanpole Directing Director 63
Fair
2017 Closeness Directing Director 60
Fair
2015 Still Young Directing Director N/A
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2015 Andryukha Directing Director N/A
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2014 First I Directing Director 59
Average
2014 A Tree Without Roots Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Butterfly Jam Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2019 Beanpole Writing Writer 63
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2017 Closeness Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
2016 Sofichka Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2015 Still Young Writing Screenplay N/A
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2014 First I Writing Screenplay 59
Average
Butterfly Jam Writing Screenplay N/A
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Art
2017 The Life Of My Friend Art Assistant Director of Photography 59
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2015 Tower of Silence Art Assistant Director of Photography N/A
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2014 Army Art Assistant Director of Photography N/A
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2014 They abandoned me Art Assistant Director of Photography N/A
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Camera
2015 Adiyukh Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2015 Still Young Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2015 Andryukha Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2014 She Is Waiting Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2014 First I Crew Cinematography 59
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2013 The Sky Seemed Too High Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2017 Closeness Editing Editor 60
Fair
2014 Warm-Hearted Eyes Editing Colorist N/A
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2014 Slightly Opening The Door Editing Colorist N/A
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