Aleksei German

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthday

July 20, 1938

Place of Birth

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Died

February 21, 2013

Aleksei German

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.