Alexandr Rastorguev

Known for DirectingBorn 1971-06-26Died 2018-07-31Rostov na Donu, USSR (Russia)

Alexander Yevgenyevich Rastorguev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Евге́ньевич Расторгу́ев; born 26 June 1971, Rostov-on-Don — died 31 July 2018, Sibut, CAR) was a Russian documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and producer. He is considered one of the main and iconic Russian documentary director. He is close in his search for the "new drama", the direction of work Theatre.doc. He collaborated with Vitaly Mansky as a screenwriter and producer. Born in 1971 in Rostov-on-Don (USSR, Russia). He studied at the Faculty of Philology of Rostov State University. In 1999, he graduated from the State Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg (1998). He worked as a director of GTRK "Don-TR". For shooting the film "Clean Thursday", the creative team of the film was dismissed by the management of "Don-TR". He worked in the St. Petersburg edition of the NTV TV channel. In 2001, he organized the Kino Studio. As a director, he co-directed the documentary films "I Love You" (2010) and "I Don't Love You" (2012) with the documentary filmmaker Pavel Kostomarov. The films were presented at several foreign film festivals (France, the Netherlands). In 2011, Alexander Rastorguev presented his film "I Love You" in the competition program of the Rotterdam Festival. In 2009, Alexander Rastorguev wrote specifically for OpenSpace.ru manifesto of the new cinema. He was killed on July 30, 2018, along with two colleagues — Orhan Dgemal and Kirill Radchenko — in the Central African Republic. There, according to media reports, he made a film about the activities of the "Wagner Group".Read more

Movies & web series

White Mama

Mummies

Stone Jungle Laws

Electing Russia

I Don't Love You

Clean Thursday

I Love You

Anton's Right Here

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

Deer Master

The Term. Beginning of a Big Story

How Big Is the Galaxy?

Rastorhuev

Childhood, Summer and War

Last Day!

It's Been Three Years

National-shkolota

I am Nobody

Semyon's Mother

Here Is The Cross For You

Scar Tattoo

Everyone Was Waiting For The Arrival Of The Fuehrer

I Will Dance

Norilsk in the First Person

My Friend Boris Nemtsov

These

More Than Love

Kids and Mothers

Contract

Gora

Your Family

My Century

Homeland

Draft

Goodbye, Boys