Aleksandr Sokurov
Birthday: 14 June 1951, Podorvikha, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Birth Name: Aleksandr Nikolaevich Sokurov
He was born with a disability because of an anatomic defect of his leg, in 1951 in Podorvikha village in Siberian Russia. His father was a Red Army veteran of WW2. One of most important contemporary f ...Show More
There are no geniuses in film. It's not that sort of art form where you can create a perfect masterp Show more
There are no geniuses in film. It's not that sort of art form where you can create a perfect masterpiece. Literature, yes; music, probably yes; but never, ever film. [2016] Hide
Anyone who would like to work in film - you have to know everything. You have to know more than ever Show more
Anyone who would like to work in film - you have to know everything. You have to know more than everyone on the crew. It's the biggest challenge in being a director. [2016] Hide
[on his former teacher Andrei Tarkovsky] He loved what I was doing but, to be honest, I was quite re Show more
[on his former teacher Andrei Tarkovsky] He loved what I was doing but, to be honest, I was quite reserved about his work. In hindsight, I think, 'Wasn't I brave to go against him?' I was insane to argue with this great master. [2016] Hide
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