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Igor Aleynikov

Directing Born Mar 15, 1962 Died Mar 22, 1994 Grozny, USSR 41 credits

Biography

Igor Aleynikov was a director and the primary ideologist behind the parallel cinema movement, a niche for independent filmmakers. He served as a leader and popularizer of this movement and founded the CINE FANTOM film festival. Additionally, Aleynikov acted as the editor-in-chief of the CINE FANTOM samizdat magazine dedicated to cinema. Throughout his career, he authored and directed more than 30 films and served as both a participant and a jury member at various international film and video festivals. Born in Grozny, Aleynikov lived and worked in Moscow. He died alongside his wife, Vera, in a plane crash near Mezhdurechensk.

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Interview

1982
Film

Interview

1982

Frequent co-stars

Gleb Aleynikov 1 shared title

Career timeline

AmerigaAmeriga · Director
Nikolay Berezkin's Love Story · DirectorNikolay Berezkin's Love Story · WriterNikolay Berezkin's Love Story · Producer
Tractor Drivers 2 · Director
The White MaidenPalimpsest
Somebody Was Here... · DirectorAquarium Fish of This WorldAquarium Fish of This World · DirectorAquarium Fish of This World · Writer
Mirages · DirectorWaiting for de Bil · DirectorTypistTypist · DirectorCruel Illness of Men · Director
The Members of the "Che-payevs" Society TalkingPost-Political CinemaPost-Political Cinema · Director
I'm Cold. So What? · DirectorTractors · DirectorRevolutionary Sketches · Director
M. E. · Director
Russian Roulette · Camera OperatorGolden Room, or 16 Positions for Self-identification · Camera OperatorAttraction 2 · DirectorAnd So On...And So On... · Camera Operator
The Girl and Buda · Camera OperatorThe Girl and Buda · MusicMetastasis · DirectorHappy End · Camera Operator
Attraction · Director
Top Point · DirectorTop Point · WriterTop Point · ProducerTop Point · CinematographyInterview

Full filmography

  • Ameriga (2000)
  • Ameriga (2000) Director
  • Nikolay Berezkin's Love Story (1994) Director
  • Nikolay Berezkin's Love Story (1994) Writer
  • Nikolay Berezkin's Love Story (1994) Producer
  • Tractor Drivers 2 (1992) Director
  • The White Maiden (1991)
  • Palimpsest (1991)
  • Somebody Was Here... (1990) Director
  • Aquarium Fish of This World (1990)
  • Aquarium Fish of This World (1990) Director
  • Aquarium Fish of This World (1990) Writer
  • Mirages (1989) Director
  • Waiting for de Bil (1989) Director
  • Typist (1989)
  • Typist (1989) Director
  • Cruel Illness of Men (1989) Director
  • The Members of the "Che-payevs" Society Talking (1988)
  • Post-Political Cinema (1988)
  • Post-Political Cinema (1988) Director
  • I'm Cold. So What? (1987) Director
  • Tractors (1987) Director
  • Revolutionary Sketches (1987) Director
  • M. E. (1986) Director
  • Russian Roulette (1985) Camera Operator
  • Golden Room, or 16 Positions for Self-identification (1985) Camera Operator
  • Attraction 2 (1985) Director
  • And So On... (1985)
  • And So On... (1985) Camera Operator
  • The Girl and Buda (1984) Camera Operator
  • The Girl and Buda (1984) Music
  • Metastasis (1984) Director
  • Happy End (1984) Camera Operator
  • Attraction (1983) Director
  • Top Point (1982) Director
  • Top Point (1982) Writer
  • Top Point (1982) Producer
  • Top Point (1982) Cinematography
  • Interview (1982)
  • Interview (1982) Director
  • Within Four Walls Director