Aleksandr Zeldovich

Biography

Aleksandr Yefimovich Zeldovich (Russian: Александр Ефимович Зельдович; born 4 December, 1958; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, theater director and screenwriter. One of the cult Russian filmmakers. A curious feature of Zeldovich career is that since 1990, his feature films have been released exactly once of every 10 years, at the beginning of each decade.

In 1980, he graduated from the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University. In 1986, he graduated from the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors (the workshop of Gleb Panfilov and Alexander Mitta). Since 1986 - director of the Mosfilm Film Studio. He made his debut in the big cinema in 1990 with the film "Sunset" - a fantasy o...