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Aleksey Balabanov
02/25/1959 | Sverdlovsk, Russia) | Director | Male | 05/18/2013 (54 years old)
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.