1959 - 2013
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (Russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) 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), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Later, Balabanov directed the films Cargo 200 (2007), Morphine (2008) and A Stoker (2010) which also received critical recognition. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksei Balabanov has received more than 280,414 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Aleksei Balabanov is the 878th most popular film director (up from 937th in 2019), the 1,488th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,489th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 878 out of 1,581. Before him are Raoul Servais, Benny Chan, Irwin Allen, Andrew Marton, Abraham Polonsky, and Michaël Dudok de Wit. After him are Mikael Håfström, Emeric Pressburger, Gary Ross, Jørgen Leth, Kad Merad, and Jonathan Nolan.
1928 - 2023
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 872
1961 - 2020
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 873
1916 - 1991
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 874
1904 - 1992
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 875
1910 - 1999
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 876
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 877
1959 - 2013
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 878
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 879
1902 - 1988
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 880
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 881
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 882
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 883
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 884
Among people born in 1959, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 193. Before him are Wolf Hoffmann, Chris Lowe, Viktoria Mullova, Hovik Abrahamyan, Gilmar Rinaldi, and Blaž Slišković. After him are Bob Lazar, Aleksandar Petrović, Janusz Kamiński, Tsukasa Hojo, Thomas Quasthoff, and Martin Brundle. Among people deceased in 2013, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 272. Before him are Pyotr Todorovsky, Marcia Wallace, Ingvar Rydell, Hasse Jeppson, Norma Bengell, and Roman Vlad. After him are Cory Monteith, Alfredo Landa, Maria Tallchief, Dave Charlton, John Thomas, and Nigel Davenport.
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 187
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 188
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 189
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 190
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 191
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 192
1959 - 2013
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 193
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 194
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 195
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 196
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 197
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 198
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 199
1925 - 2013
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 266
1942 - 2013
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 267
1922 - 2013
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 268
1925 - 2013
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 269
1935 - 2013
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 270
1919 - 2013
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 271
1959 - 2013
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 272
1982 - 2013
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 273
1933 - 2013
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 274
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 275
1936 - 2013
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 276
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 277
1928 - 2013
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 278
Among people born in Russia, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 1,488 out of 3,262. Before him are Natalia Vodianova (1982), Carl Neumann (1832), Tamara Bykova (1958), Yuriy Voynov (1931), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), and Dmitry Peskov (1967). After him are Bulan (null), Andrey Voronikhin (1759), Andrey Makarevich (1953), Alexander Markovich Polyakov (1945), Andreï Makine (1957), and Sigizmund Levanevsky (1902).
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 1,482
1832 - 1925
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 1,483
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 1,484
1931 - 2003
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 1,485
1808 - 1890
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 1,486
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 1,487
1959 - 2013
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 1,488
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,489
1759 - 1814
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,490
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 1,491
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 1,492
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 1,493
1902 - 1937
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 1,494
Among film directors born in Russia, Aleksei Balabanov ranks 30. Before him are Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Sergei Gerasimov (1906), Sergei Bodrov (1948), Esfir Shub (1894), Alexei Uchitel (1951), and Alexander Rou (1906). After him are Mark Zakharov (1933), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Sergey Obraztsov (1901), Giorgi Shengelaia (1937), Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (1877), and Yuri Ozerov (1921).
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 24
1906 - 1985
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 25
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 26
1894 - 1959
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 28
1906 - 1973
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 29
1959 - 2013
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 30
1933 - 2019
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 31
1924 - 2011
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 32
1901 - 1992
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 33
1937 - 2020
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 34
1877 - 1945
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 35
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 36