Aleksei Alekseivich German (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Герман, born 4 September 1976) is a Russian film director. His last name is pronounced with a hard "g" and in English is sometimes spelled Guerman or Gherman to avoid confusion.

Biography

Aleksei German is a son of Russian film director

Aleksei Yuryevich German Aleksei Yuryevich German ( rus, Алексей Юрьевич Герман, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲermən; 20 July 193821 February 2013) was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter. Biography German was born in Lenin ...

(hence in Russia he is often called "Aleksei German Junior") and screenwriter Svetlana Igorevna Karmalita, and a grandson of writer

Yuri German Yuri Pavlovich German (russian: Ю́рий Па́влович Ге́рман) ( – January 16, 1967) was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist. Life German was born in Riga (then part of the Russian Empire ...

. He finished Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 2001 and worked on Lenfilm film studio. His feature film debut ''The Last Train'' (2003) won the Best Picture and International Film Critics' Awards at Thessaloniki. For his film '' Paper Soldier'' (2008), German received the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. His sixth film, '' Under Electric Clouds'' (2015), was screened in the main competition section of the

65th Berlin International Film Festival The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the President of the Jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The ...

. and earned him the award for Achievement in Directing at the

Asia Pacific Screen Awards The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia. In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting and preserving the different cultures th ...

in 2015.

Personal life

German married production and costume designer Elena Okopnaya in 2011.

Filmography

* ''The Last Train'' / ''Poslednij Poezd'' (2003) - Nika Award in nomination "Discovery of the Year" * '' Garpastum'' (2005) - Nika Award in nomination "Best Director", nominated for Golden Lion of the

62nd Venice International Film Festival The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's ''Seven Swords'' and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical '' Perhaps Love''. The lineups were announced by the ...

* '' Paper Soldier'' / ''Bumazhnyj Soldat'' (2008) - Nika Award in nomination "Best Director",

Silver Lion The Silver Lion ( it, Leone d'argento, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998. The pri ...

of the 65th Venice International Film Festival in nomination "Best Director" and " Golden Osella" for Best Cinematography * ''Crush'' / ''Korotkoe zamykanie'', part "Kim" (2009) * ''From the Tokyo'' / ''Iz Tokyo'' (2011, short film) * '' Under Electric Clouds'' / ''Pod electricheskimi oblakami'' (2015) * '' Dovlatov'' (2018) * '' House Arrest'' (2021)

References

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* 1976 births Living people Russian film directors Recipients of the Nika Award Venice Best Director Silver Lion winners Asia Pacific Screen Award winners {{Russia-film-director-stub