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Birthday: 1959-02-25
Place of Birth: Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
Also Known As: Aleksey Balabanov, Alekseï Balabanov, Alexei Balabanov, ალექსეი ბალაბანოვი, Олексій Балабанов, А. Балабанов, Алексей Октябринович Балабанов, Алексей Балабанов
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.
