
Aleksei Balabanov
DirectorBorn February 25, 1959Died May 18, 2013Sverdlovsk, 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.
Filmography4
Highest-rated first, counting only titles with at least 150 TMDB votes. Talk shows, award nights and appearances as themselves are left out.



