Aleksandr Yefimovich Zeldovich (Russian: ÐлекÑандр 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.
Aleksandr Zeldovich Biography / Wiki
Name
Aleksandr Zeldovich
Also Know
Alexander Seldowitsch, ÐлекÑандр Зельдович, Aleksander Zeldovich, Alexander Zeldovich
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR (Russia)
Date of Birth
1958-12-04
Age(as in 2022)
63
Deathday
Aleksandr Zeldovich Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Hooray! We Have a Vacation!
1972-09-01
A story about the friendship between the children from Soviet Union and East Germany….
Aleksandr Zeldovich Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Target
Director
2011-06-26
In the year 2020, a group of wealthy Moscovites travel to an abandoned astrophysics complex, rumoured to have enough power to halt the process of agin…
Moscow
Director
2000-09-04
Moscow, the 90s … A city without a past and without a future. A city that doesn’t forgive mistakes. Showing Moscow bohemia, the criminal business: n…
Medea
Director
2021-11-18
Medea is an intelligent, highly educated woman who gives up on her dreams when she falls for rich businessman Alexei. When the pair have two children,…
Winter Spring
Director
2004-12-13
A rich and fatally ill man with an apartment, a car and a summer house offers her a girl’s hand, heart and all real estate “. The next day after the a…
Sunset
Director
1990-12-31
Old, rich Jew Mendel Krik falls in love with the beautiful Marusya. But their sons Levka and Bena don’t share their dreams… Revolution has come….
At Night Around the City
Director
1983-09-01
…
Malva
Director
1984-09-01
Based on the story of the same name by Maxim Gorky….
Amazon
Director
1986-09-09
The city philistine Domna Platonovna-a merchant of lace, and sometimes… and “live goods” – is engaged in pimping. Fate confronts her with a young in…
Trial
Director
2002-04-28
The film is dedicated to the history of the execution of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee….
Aleksandr Zeldovich Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Medea
Producer
2021-11-18
Medea is an intelligent, highly educated woman who gives up on her dreams when she falls for rich businessman Alexei. When the pair have two children,…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Target
Writer
2011-06-26
In the year 2020, a group of wealthy Moscovites travel to an abandoned astrophysics complex, rumoured to have enough power to halt the process of agin…
Moscow
Writer
2000-09-04
Moscow, the 90s … A city without a past and without a future. A city that doesn’t forgive mistakes. Showing Moscow bohemia, the criminal business: n…
Medea
Screenplay
2021-11-18
Medea is an intelligent, highly educated woman who gives up on her dreams when she falls for rich businessman Alexei. When the pair have two children,…
Winter Spring
Writer
2004-12-13
A rich and fatally ill man with an apartment, a car and a summer house offers her a girl’s hand, heart and all real estate “. The next day after the a…
At Night Around the City
Screenplay
1983-09-01
…
Malva
Screenplay
1984-09-01
Based on the story of the same name by Maxim Gorky….
Trial
Screenplay
2002-04-28
The film is dedicated to the history of the execution of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee….
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Winter Spring
Production Design
2004-12-13
A rich and fatally ill man with an apartment, a car and a summer house offers her a girl’s hand, heart and all real estate “. The next day after the a…
Winter Spring
Editor
2004-12-13
A rich and fatally ill man with an apartment, a car and a summer house offers her a girl’s hand, heart and all real estate “. The next day after the a…
