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Personal info
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 2/25/1959
- Birthplace
- Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
- Died
- 5/18/2013 (aged 54)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Aleksey Balabanov, Alekseï Balabanov, Alexei 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.
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