On Saturday, May 18 at the 55th year of life died a famous film director Alexei Balabanov. According to his family, he had an attack and then fainted. Relatives tried to help Balabanov, but to no avail, he died without regaining consciousness.
Alexei Balabanov
The cause of his death is not yet known. According to a friend of the director, Balabanov was suffering from a severe chronic disease, which was known only to the people closest.
Condolences on the death of filmmaker by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. According to him, Balabanov\’s films — a collective portrait of the country in the most dramatic periods of its history. «I liked his work. Care talented director — a great loss for the family and fans. My Condolences «- Medvedev wrote on his page on Facebook.
Farewell to Alexei Balabanov take place in one of the pavilions of «Lenfilm» Tuesday, May 21.
Director will be buried in St. Petersburg.
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Alexei Balabanov born in Sverdlovsk in 1959. He studied at the Faculty of translators at the Gorky Institute of Education. Next was the work of an assistant director (1983-1987) at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio, after cheg — Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
Since 1990 begins the «St. Petersburg» period in the work of the director. In 1992 he became the co-founder of «STV», which helped make his film projects director.
Balabanov is the director of such famous films as «Brother», «Brother 2» «Freaks and Men», «War», «Blind Man\’s Bluff», «I\’m not hurt,» «Cargo 200», «Morphine», «Fireman . » The last film directed by «I want», starring Yuri Matveyev, Aleksandr Mosin, Alice Shitikova and Oleg Garkusha, was released in 2012. Balabanov played himself in an episode of the film, during which he dies.
