Aleksei Balabanov
- Born
- 25 February 1959 (54 years old)
- Passed away
- 18 May 2013
- Place of birth
- Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, USSR
- Gender
- Male
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gained significant mainstream popularity in action crime drama movies Brother (1997) and Brother 2 (2000). He has been referred to as the "Russian Quentin Tarantino" in the press for his critically acclaimed yet controversial films.
