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'''Alexander Ilyich Gutman''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Гу́тман}}; 29 January 1945 &ndash; 17 February 2016), also spelt as Alexandre Goutman and Aleksandr Gutman, was a Russian film director of Jewish origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sem40.ru/index.php?newsid=85127|title=Александр Гутман снимет фильм о первых еврейских переселенцах на Дальнем Востоке » Центральный Еврейский Ресурс SEM40. Израиль, Ближний восток, евреи.|publisher=sem40.ru|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301110825/http://www.sem40.ru/index.php?newsid=85127|archivedate=2016-03-01}}</ref> During a 30-year career, Gutman shot over 50 [[documentary film]]s, 13 of them as film director. He won awards at several Russian and international film festivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topspb.tv/news/news97755/|title=В Петербурге ушел из жизни режиссер Александр Гутман|publisher=topspb.tv|access-date=2016-02-18|archive-date=2016-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218155351/http://topspb.tv/news/news97755/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He graduated from the [[Leningrad Polytechnical Institute]] (now known as [[St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University]]) (1968) and [[VGIK]] (1978).

==Filmography== '''Movies''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- | 2009 | 17 Avgusta | [[Movie director|Director]], [[TV writer|writer]], [[cinematographer]] | [[Documentary]] |- | 2008 | BAM: Railroad to Nowhere | [[Unit production manager|Production Manager]] | [[Documentary]] |- | 2005 | [[In Search of Happiness]] | [[Movie director|Director]] | Movie |- | 2004 | The Sunny Side of the Road | [[Movie director|Director]] | Movie |- | 2003 | [[Frescoes (film)|Frescoes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swashers.com/files_eng/pages_Films/AlexGutman.html|title=Alexander Gutman|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbff.org/films/detail.asp?fid=279|title=FRESCOES by Alexandre Gutman - Documentary Feature Film Brooklyn Film Festival|publisher=swashers.com/}}</ref> about [[Armenia]] (presented at the 2003 [[Sundance Film Festival]]) | [[Tv director|Director]], [[TV writer|writer]], [[TV producer|producer]] | [[TV movie|TV movie documentary]] |- | 2001 | Thieves' World | [[Unit production manager|Production manager]] | [[Documentary film|Movie documentary]] |- | 2001 | [[Journey Back to Youth]] | [[Movie director|Director]] | Movie |- | 2001 | Three Days and Never Again | [[Movie director|Director]] | [[Documentary]] |- | 1997 | The Wall | [[Camera operator]] | [[TV documentary|TV movie documentary]] |- | 1996 | Up to the Neck or Bodybuilding | [[Movie director|Director]] | Movie |- | 1994 | 1244, 1245, 1246 | [[Movie director|Director]] | Movie |- | 1991 | The Russians Have Gone | [[Movie director|Director]] | Movie |}

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