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Alexander Rodnyansky

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Alexander Rodnyansky

Born July 2, 1961 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]71 films

Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media manager, Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network, 1+1, and ran Russian CTC Media, which, under his management, became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly.

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Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career. Some of his most notable projects include Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless(2017), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko.

Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member.

Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless.

Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years.

Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.

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Leviathan posterFirst watchLeviathan20147.4In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Cloud Atlas poster6.9Cloud Atlas2012Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster6.4Sin City: A Dame to Kill For2014Loveless poster7.3Loveless2017Machete Kills poster5.6Machete Kills2013Beanpole poster7.0Beanpole2019Elena poster7.2Elena2011The Dyatlov Pass Incident poster6.0The Dyatlov Pass Incident2013Chernobyl: Abyss poster6.2Chernobyl: Abyss2021

Filmography

71 films
  1. TBAOccupationProducer
  2. TBAThe ExtremistsProducer
  3. TBAVincent Must DieProducer
  4. 2026Butterfly JamProducer
  5. 2026Place to BeProducer
  6. 2026The Road to JerichoProducer
  7. 2026DissidentProducer
  8. 2026At the SeaProducer
  9. 2025OrphanProducer
  10. 2025Notes of a True CriminalProducer
  11. 2025DreamsProducer
  12. 2025ConnectedProducer
  13. 2024Of Dogs and MenProducer
  14. 2024SteppenwolfProducer
  15. 2023Once Within a TimeExecutive Producer
  16. 2023AdriftProducer
  17. 2022Mama, I'm HomeProducer
  18. 2021Where Is Anne FrankProducer
  19. 2021Unclenching the FistsProducer
  20. 2021Chernobyl: AbyssProducer
  21. 2020The Fisherman's DaughterProducer
  22. 2020Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark ForestProducer
  23. 2020(UN)Ideal ManProducer
  24. 2019The NinthProducer
  25. 2019The Lenin FactorProducer
  26. 2019BeanpoleProducer
  27. 2018The Man Who Surprised EveryoneProducer
  28. 2017Andrey Zvyagintsev. The DirectorProducer
  29. 2017NazidanieProducer
  30. 2017LovelessProducer
  31. 2016The DuelistProducer
  32. 2014LeviathanProducer
  33. 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForProducer
  34. 2014The AdventurersProducer
  35. 2013StalingradProducer
  36. 2013Machete KillsProducer
  37. 2013Standing UpProducer
  38. 2013Jayne Mansfield's CarProducer
  39. 2013The Dyatlov Pass IncidentProducer
  40. 2012Nepal ForeverProducer
  41. 2012Cloud AtlasProducer
  42. 2011¡Vivan las Antipodas!Executive Producer
  43. 2011Carré BlancCo-Producer
  44. 2011ElenaProducer
  45. 2011Innocent SaturdayProducer
  46. 2011I Love YouProducer
  47. 2009The Inhabited Island 2: RebellionProducer
  48. 2009First LoveProducer
  49. 2009Russia 88Executive Producer
  50. 2009The Best Movie 2Executive Producer
  51. 2009The Inhabited IslandProducer
  52. 200718-14Producer
  53. 2007The GardenerProducer
  54. 2007Let's Play!Producer
  55. 2007MayProducer
  56. 2006The HeatProducer
  57. 2006Piter FMProducer
  58. 2005Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesProducer
  59. 2005Soldiers DecameronProducer
  60. 2005TwilightProducer
  61. 20059th CompanyProducer
  62. 2005The SunProducer
  63. 2004GuidebookProducer
  64. 2004A Driver for VeraProducer
  65. 2004Stolen HappinessProducer
  66. 1999East/WestProducer
  67. 1998Two Moons, Three SunsProducer
  68. 1997The World of Sasha ShumovichProducer
  69. 1996A Chef in LoveProducer
  70. 1994Josephine the Singer and the Mice PeopleProducer
  71. 1991Gagarin, I Loved YouProducer