Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Biography

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rogozhkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Рого́жкин; 3 October 1949 – 23 October 2021; Leningrad) was a Russian film director and writer. In 1990, Rogozhkin directed Karaul, which won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Rogozhkin's film The Chekist was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Abroad, he is famous for his acclaimed 2002 film The Cuckoo (Kukushka), which won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Directing, and Best Feature Film. The film was also entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the award for Best Director. This film also received the Annual Best Film Award and Best Screenplay Award, both in 2002 in Moscow from the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics. It also won Best Feature Film and Best Directing for the Nika Awards in 2002, and it won Best Screenplay at the Honfleur Russian Film Festival in 2003 in Honfleur, France. Rogozhkin was also one of the first filmmakers addressing the Chechen War with his 1998 Blokpost war drama. Rogozhkin's most renowned television work are episodes of the Streets of B…

Directed

1. The Cuckoo (2002) — Director
2. Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998) — Director
3. Peculiarities of the National Hunt (1995) — Director
4. Peculiarities of the National Hunt in the Winter (2000) — Director
5. Checkpoint (1998) — Director
6. Killing Power (2000) — Director
7. Chekist (1992) — Director
8. Streets of Broken Lights (1998) — Director
9. The Third Planet (1991) — Director
10. Transit (2006) — Director
11. The Guard (1990) — Director
12. Operation 'Happy New Year'! (1996) — Director
13. Exceptions Without Rules (1986) — Director
14. Miss Millionersha (1988) — Director
15. Act (1993) — Director
16. Aphrodites (2012) — Director
17. The Weapon (2012) — Director
18. The Game (2008) — Director
19. Living With an Idiot (1993) — Director
20. For the Sake of a Few Lines (1986) — Director
21. Sapiens (2004) — Director
22. Удачная охота (1983) — Director
23. Red-Haired (1980) — Director
24. The Question of Honour (2010) — Director
25. To Live for Another (2005) — Director
26. Boldino Autumn (1999) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Lantern Festival (1980)
2. To Live for Another (2005) — (voice)