Aleksei Alekseivich German

Aleksei Alekseivich German
Aleksei German, 2015
Born	September 4, 1976 Moscow
Nationality	Russia
Occupation	film director

Aleksei Alekseivich German (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Герман, born September 4, 1976) is a Russian film director. His last name is pronounced with a hard "g" and in English is sometimes spelled Guerman or Gherman to avoid confusion.

Biography

Aleksei German is a son of famous Soviet and Russia film editor Aleksei Yuryevich German (hence in Russia he is often called "Aleksei German-junior") and a screenwriter Svetlana Igorevna Karmalita; he is a grandson of a writer Yuri German. He finished Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 2001 and worked on "Lenfilm" film studio. His latest film, Under Electric Clouds, was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

• The Last Train / Poslednij Poezd (2003) - Nika Award in nomination "Discovery of the Year"
• Garpastum (2005) - Nika Award in nomination "Best Director", nominated for Golden Lion of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival
• Paper Soldier / Bumazhnyj Soldat (2008) - Nika Award in nomination "Best Director", Silver Lion of the 65th Venice International Film Festival in nomination "Best Director" and "Golden Osella" for Best Cinematography
• Short circuit / Korotkoe zamykanie, part "Kim" (2009)
• From the Tokyo / Iz Tokyo (2011, short film)
• Under Electric Clouds / Pod electricheskimi oblakami (2015)

References

1. "Berlinale 2015: Malick, Dresen, Greenaway and German in Competition". berlinale.de. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. The film, directed by Alexey German Jr, won best camera award at the Berlinale, Film New Europe, http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/poland-news/item/110059-under-electric-clouds-snapped-up-by-russian-distributor

External links

• Aleksei German at the Internet Movie Database