# Aleksandr Rogozhkin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aleksandr_Rogozhkin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aleksandr_Rogozhkin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Rogozhkin > Source revision: 1356886569 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Russian film director and writer (1949–2021)}} {{family name hatnote|Vladimirovich |Rogozhkin|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Aleksandr Rogozhkin.jpg | image_size = | name = Aleksandr Rogozhkin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|10|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Leningrad](/source/Saint_Petersburg), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|23|1949|10|3|df=y}} | death_place = [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), Russian Federation | other_names = | occupation = [Film director](/source/Film_director)
[Screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter) | years_active = 1971–2012 }} '''Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rogozhkin''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Рого́жкин}}; 3 October 1949 – 23 October 2021) was a Russian [film director](/source/film_director) and writer.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman / Littlefield|year=2009|place=US|isbn=978-0-8108-6072-8|pages=577–579}} ==Career== In 1990, Rogozhkin directed ''[Karaul](/source/The_Guard_(1990_film))'', which won the [Alfred Bauer Prize](/source/Alfred_Bauer_Prize) at the [40th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/40th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1990/03_preistr_ger_1990/03_Preistraeger_1990.html |title=Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners |accessdate=19 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}} Rogozhkin's film ''[The Chekist](/source/The_Chekist)'' was screened in the [Un Certain Regard](/source/Un_Certain_Regard) section at the [1992 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1992_Cannes_Film_Festival).{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/65/year/1992.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Chekist |accessdate=16 August 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005005833/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/65/year/1992.html |archivedate=5 October 2012 }} Abroad, he is famous for his acclaimed 2002 film ''[The Cuckoo (Kukushka)](/source/The_Cuckoo_(film))'', which won the [Golden Eagle Award](/source/Golden_Eagle_Award_(Russia)) for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Directing, and Best Feature Film. The film was also entered into the [24th Moscow International Film Festival](/source/24th_Moscow_International_Film_Festival) where he won the award for Best Director.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2002 |title=24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002) |accessdate=30 March 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328141921/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2002 |archivedate=28 March 2013 }} This film also received the Annual Best Film Award and Best Screenplay Award, both in 2002 in Moscow from the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kinoglaz.fr/index.php?page=fiche_personne&lang=gb&num=255|title=KINOGLAZ: Aleksandr Rogozhkin}} It also won Best Feature Film and Best Directing for the [Nika Award](/source/Nika_Award)s in 2002, and it won Best Screenplay at the Honfleur Russian Film Festival in 2003 in Honfleur, France. Rogozhkin was also one of the first filmmakers addressing the [Chechen War](/source/First_Chechen_War) with his 1998 [''Blokpost''](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC)) [war](/source/war_film) [drama](/source/drama_film).The plot doesn't mention either exact [Caucasian province](/source/North_Caucasus) where it takes place or the exact years of the 1990s. Rogozhkin's most renowned television work are episodes of the ''[Streets of Broken Lights](/source/Streets_of_Broken_Lights)'' – Russia's most popular [police procedural](/source/police_procedural) TV series. He also directed the spin-off series ''[Deadly Force](/source/Deadly_Force_(TV_Series))''. He also directed a series of popular Russian-language screwball comedies ''Peculiarities of National...'': ''[Peculiarities of National Hunt](/source/Peculiarities_of_National_Hunt)'' (1995), ''[Peculiarities of National Fishing](/source/Peculiarities_of_National_Fishing)'' (1998), ''[Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season](/source/Peculiarities_of_the_National_Hunt_in_Winter_Season)'' (2000), and ''[Peculiarities of National Politics](/source/Peculiarities_of_National_Politics)'' (2003). These were made in a similar vein together with ''[Operation Happy New Year](/source/Operation_Happy_New_Year)'', containing much humor about alcohol-related adventures and stunts. It won the [Nika Award](/source/Nika_Award) for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114055/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title = Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty — IMDb|website = [IMDb](/source/IMDb)}} It was nominated for the Nika award for Best Screenplay, and it was nominated for the Crystal Globe Award. Rogozhkin's film [''Transit''](/source/Transit_(2006_film)) (''Peregon'') was released in 2006. It is a "wartime [tragicomedy](/source/tragicomedy)" about the relationship between Soviet soldiers in the [Far Eastern](/source/Russian_Far_East) outpost in [Chukotka](/source/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug) and the American female pilots who bring them U.S.-made airplanes from [Alaska](/source/Alaska) through the [lend-lease](/source/lend-lease) program. As in ''The Cuckoo'', Rogozhkin cast a number of amateur actors for ''Peregon''. ==Personal life== His wife, [Yulia Rumyantseva](/source/Yulia_Rumyantseva), a 42-year-old editor and film producer, committed suicide by jumping from a 14th floor elevation on 28 April 2011.[http://www.lifenews.ru/news/57790 Рогожкин раскрыл детали самоубийства жены]. [Lifenews.ru](/source/LifeNews)[http://kp.ru/daily/25681.4/839950/ Покончила с собой жена режиссера Александра Рогожкина]{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/incident/article/2011/05/04/586563-pogibla-supruga-rezhissera-rogozhkina.html |title=Погибла супруга режиссера Рогожкина |access-date=2 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508131515/http://www.mk.ru/incident/article/2011/05/04/586563-pogibla-supruga-rezhissera-rogozhkina.html |archive-date=8 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} == Education == He graduated from [Leningrad State University](/source/Saint_Petersburg_State_University) in 1972 with a degree in history and art critique.{{Cite web|title=ROGOZHKIN Alexander, photo, biography|url=https://persona.rin.ru/eng/view/f/0/15413/rogozhkin-alexander|website=persona.rin.ru|access-date=1 May 2020}} From 1974 to 1977, he worked as a painter and decorator for [Lenfilm Studios](/source/Lenfilm). At the same time, he also studied in art and graphics at the [Leningrad Pedagogical Institute](/source/Herzen_University). He then studied directing in the masterclass of [Sergei Garasimov](/source/Sergei_Gerasimov_(film_director)) at the [Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography](/source/Gerasimov_Institute_of_Cinematography) from 1977 to 1981.{{Cite web|title=Alexander Rogozhkin|url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/alexander-rogozhkin|date=4 September 2015|website=IFFR|language=en|access-date=1 May 2020|archive-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024203523/https://iffr.com/en/persons/alexander-rogozhkin|url-status=dead}} ==Selected filmography== ===Films=== * ''Brother has Come'' (1979) * ''Redhead'' (1980) * ''For the Sake of a Few Lines'' (1985) * ''The Golden Button'' (1986) * ''Miss Millionaire'' (1988) *''[The Guard](/source/The_Guard_(1990_film))'' (1990) *''The Third Planet'' (1991) *''[The Chekist](/source/The_Chekist)'' (1992) *''Living With an Idiot'' (1993) *''[Peculiarities of the National Hunt](/source/Peculiarities_of_the_National_Hunt)'' (1995) *''[Operation Happy New Year](/source/Operation_Happy_New_Year)'' (1996) *''[Peculiarities of the National Fishing](/source/Peculiarities_of_the_National_Fishing)'' (1998) *''[Checkpoint](/source/Checkpoint_(1998_film))'' (1998) *''[Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season](/source/Peculiarities_of_the_National_Hunt_in_Winter_Season)'' (2000) *''[The Cuckoo](/source/The_Cuckoo_(film))'' (2002) *''[Peculiarities of National Politics](/source/Peculiarities_of_National_Politics)'' (screenplay, 2003) *''[Transit](/source/Transit_(2006_film))'' (2006) *''The Game'' (2008) * ''The Question of Honour'' (2010) *''Aphrodites'' (2012) *''The Weapon'' (2012) ===TV=== *''[Streets of Broken Lights](/source/Streets_of_Broken_Lights)'' (1998–1999) *''[Deadly Force](/source/Deadly_Force_(TV_Series))'' (2000–2005) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0737400}} {{Nika Award for Best Director}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogozhkin, Aleksandr}} Category:Soviet film directors Category:1949 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Mass media people from Saint Petersburg Category:Russian film directors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aleksandr Rogozhkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Rogozhkin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Rogozhkin?action=history)). 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