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He was born in Russia in 1951. He studied History at Gorky University. At the age of 19 he made his first television show as a producer. Between 1975-1979 he studied Film Direction at Moscow’s VGIK. In 1980, he was hired by Lenfilm Studios and also began working at the Leningrad Studio for Documentary Films, where he made his documentaries. He has received many Russian and international awards such as FIPRESCI and Tarkovsky Awards. The European Film Academy listed Sokurov among the best 100 directors of world cinema.

1986 Empire/Ampir
1988 Days of Eclipse/Dni zatmeniya
1992 Stone/Kamen
1996 Mother and Son/Mat/i syn
1999 Moloch/Molokh
2002 The Russian Ark/Russkiy kovcheg
2007 Alexandra
2009 Intonation/Intonatsiya (doc)
2011 Faust

78-87 The Lonely Voice of a Man
86-88 Moscow Elegy
1990 Soviet Elegy (μμ / short)
1992 Elegy of Russia
1996 Oriental Elegy
1997 A Humble Life
1999 Dolce…
2001 Elegy of a Voyage
2002 Russian Ark
2006 Elegy of Life. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya