Aleksei German

Directing - Born Jul 20, 1938 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia] - Died Feb 21, 2013

Aleksei Yuryevich German (Алексей Юрьевич Герман, 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia.