Aleksei German
Birth date
July 20, 1938
Death date
February 21, 2013
Place of birth
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Profession
Directing
Age
74 years
Biography
Aleksei Yuryevich German (Алексей Юрьевич Герман, 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia.
Also known as
Алексей ГерманAlexey GermanAlexei GermanA. GermanAleksei GhermanAlexei Gierman
