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Alexander Rodnyansky (b. 1961)

Alias:
Aleksander Rodnyansky
Aleksandr Rodnyanskiy
Alexander Yefymovych Rodnyansky
Oleksandr Juchimowitsch Rodnjanskyj
Oleksandr Rodnjanskyj
Oleksandr Rodnyanskyy
Александр Роднянский
Олександр Роднянський
Олександр Юхимович Роднянський
Роднянський Олександр Юхимович

Birthplace:
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Born:
July 2, 1961

Biography from TheMovieDB

Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film film producer, documentary filmmaker, television executive and businessman. As a media-manager Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network 1+1 and ran Russian CTC Media, which under his management became the first Russian media company to publicly trade on NASDAQ. Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.  During his career, Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series. Some of his most notable projects including Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless (2017) directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko. Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced are Stalingrad (2013), the highest grossing Russian film at the time. Among other films produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and for seven years was the CEO of a Russian media company CTC Media.  Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films – Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a member of the European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards.  Rodnyansky is a Member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan and Loveless.

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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2011  Carré Blanc

Director:
1987  In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments
1988  Tired Cities
1989  Which One of Us is Shae
1990  Meeting With The Father
1990  The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg
1993  Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal
1993  The March of the Living
1994  Double Agent
1994  Last Farewell USSR. Film 2
2011  Carré Blanc
????  Untitled Documentary

Executive Producer:
1987  In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments
1988  Tired Cities
1989  Which One of Us is Shae
1990  Meeting With The Father
1990  The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg
1993  Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal
1993  The March of the Living
1994  Double Agent
1994  Last Farewell USSR. Film 2
2009  Russia 88
2009  The Best Movie 2
2011  Carré Blanc
2011  ¡Vivan las Antipodas!
2023  Once Within a Time
????  Untitled Documentary

Idea:
1987  In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments
1988  Tired Cities
1989  Which One of Us is Shae
1990  Meeting With The Father
1990  The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg
1993  Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal
1993  The March of the Living
1994  Double Agent
1994  Last Farewell USSR. Film 2
2007  18-14
2009  Russia 88
2009  The Best Movie 2
2011  Carré Blanc
2011  ¡Vivan las Antipodas!
2023  Once Within a Time
????  Untitled Documentary

Producer:
1987  In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments
1988  Tired Cities
1989  Which One of Us is Shae
1990  Meeting With The Father
1990  The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg
1991  Gagarin, I Loved You
1993  Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal
1993  The March of the Living
1994  Double Agent
1994  Josephine the Singer and the Mice People
1994  Last Farewell USSR. Film 2
1996  A Chef in Love
1998  Two Moons, Three Suns
1999  East/West
2004  A Driver for Vera
2004  The Guidebook
2005  9th Company
2005  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
2005  Soldiers Decameron
2005  The Sun
2005  Twilight
2006  Piter FM
2006  The Heat
2007  18-14
2007  Let's Play!
2007  May
2007  The Gardener
2008  The Inhabited Island
2009  First Love
2009  Russia 88
2009  The Best Movie 2
2009  The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
2011  Carré Blanc
2011  Elena
2011  I Love You
2011  Innocent Saturday
2011  ¡Vivan las Antipodas!
2012  Cloud Atlas
2012  Nepal Forever
2013  Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013  Machete Kills
2013  Stalingrad
2013  Standing Up
2013  The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014  Leviathan
2014  Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014  The Adventurers
2016  The Duelist
2017  Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director
2017  Loveless
2017  Nazidanie
2018  The Man Who Surprised Everyone
2019  Beanpole
2019  The Lenin Factor
2019  The Ninth
2020  (UN)Ideal Man
2020  Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
2020  The Fisherman's Daughter
2021  Chernobyl: Abyss
2021  Mama, I'm Home
2021  Unclenching the Fists
2021  Where Is Anne Frank
2023  Adrift
2023  Once Within a Time
2024  Dissident
2024  Of Dogs and Men
2024  Steppenwolf
????  At the Sea
????  Butterfly Jam
????  NEOOONOWWW
????  Occupation
????  Orphan
????  Stolen Happiness
????  Untitled Documentary
????  What Happens

Writer:
1987  In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments
1988  Tired Cities
1989  Which One of Us is Shae
1990  Meeting With The Father
1990  The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg
1991  Gagarin, I Loved You
1993  Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal
1993  The March of the Living
1994  Double Agent
1994  Josephine the Singer and the Mice People
1994  Last Farewell USSR. Film 2
1996  A Chef in Love
1998  Two Moons, Three Suns
1999  East/West
2004  A Driver for Vera
2004  The Guidebook
2005  9th Company
2005  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
2005  Soldiers Decameron
2005  The Sun
2005  Twilight
2006  Piter FM
2006  The Heat
2007  18-14
2007  Let's Play!
2007  May
2007  The Gardener
2008  The Inhabited Island
2009  First Love
2009  Russia 88
2009  The Best Movie 2
2009  The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
2011  Carré Blanc
2011  Elena
2011  I Love You
2011  Innocent Saturday
2011  ¡Vivan las Antipodas!
2012  Cloud Atlas
2012  Nepal Forever
2013  Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013  Machete Kills
2013  Stalingrad
2013  Standing Up
2013  The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014  Leviathan
2014  Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014  The Adventurers
2016  The Duelist
2017  Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director
2017  Loveless
2017  Nazidanie
2018  The Man Who Surprised Everyone
2019  Beanpole
2019  The Lenin Factor
2019  The Ninth
2020  (UN)Ideal Man
2020  Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
2020  The Fisherman's Daughter
2021  Chernobyl: Abyss
2021  Mama, I'm Home
2021  Unclenching the Fists
2021  Where Is Anne Frank
2023  Adrift
2023  Once Within a Time
2024  Dissident
2024  Of Dogs and Men
2024  Steppenwolf
????  At the Sea
????  Butterfly Jam
????  NEOOONOWWW
????  Occupation
????  Orphan
????  Stolen Happiness
????  Untitled Documentary
????  What Happens

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Co-Producer:
2004  Dear Masha Berezina

Creator:
1997  SV-show
2004  Dear Masha Berezina
2007  Daddy's Daughters

Executive Producer:
1997  SV-show
2004  Dear Masha Berezina
2007  Daddy's Daughters
2009  Kremlin cadets
????  Debriefing the President

Producer:
1997  SV-show
2000  Bourgeois's Birthday
2002  Keys to Death
2003  Poor Nastya
2004  Careful, Zadov!
2004  Cavaliers of the Starfish
2004  Chervonian Renaissance
2004  Dear Masha Berezina
2004  My Fair Nanny
2004  Viola Tarakanova
2005  Multiplying Sadness
2005  Not Born Beautiful
2005  Большое зло и мелкие пакости
2005  Мой личный враг
2006  Cadetship
2006  Close People
2007  A Phantom House for a Dowry
2007  Daddy's Daughters
2008  Ranetki
2009  Kremlin cadets
2009  Margosha
2012  The White Guard
2013  Russia's History Revealed
2014  Demons
2015  Raya Knows
2016  Investigator Tikhonov
2017  Dr. Richter
2017  Lenin: Revolution Chronicles
2019  Raya Knows Everything
2020  Zakon i Besporyadok
2021  Seventh Symphony
2023  Headshot
????  Debriefing the President

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