Alexander Kott

{{short description|Russian director and screenwriter (born 1973)}} {{expand Russian|topic=bio|otherarticle=Котт, Александр Константинович|date=May 2016}} 250 px|right|thumb '''Alexander Konstantinovich Kott''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Константинович Котт}}; born 22 February 1973) is a Russian film director and screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vm.ru/news/2014/06/24/aleksandr-kott-pravil-v-kino-ne-sushchestvuet-254379.html|publisher=Vechernyaya Moskva|title=Александр Котт: Правил в кино не существует|access-date=2017-11-14|archive-date=2017-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015433/http://vm.ru/news/2014/06/24/aleksandr-kott-pravil-v-kino-ne-sushchestvuet-254379.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the twin of the Russian film director Vladimir Kott.<ref name=smi>[https://24smi.org/celebrity/23645-vladimir-kott.html#tableofcontents_bio Владимир Котт], 24smi</ref>

==Selected filmography== === Director === * {{ill|A Hero of Our Time (TV series)|ru|Герой нашего времени (телесериал)|lt=''A Hero of Our Time''}} (2006) 8-episode TV series adapted from the eponymous novel by Mikhail Lermontov * ''Fortress of War'' (2010) * ''Yolki 2'' (2011) * ''Yolki 3'' (2013) * ''Yolki 1914'' (2014) * ''Test'' (2014) * ''Insight'' (2015) * ''Yolki 5'' (2016) * ''Yolki 6'' (2017) * ''Trotsky'' (2017) TV series * ''Spitak'' (2018) * ''Yolki 7'' (2018) * ''Yolki 11'' (2024) * ''Pavel. Pervyy i posledniy'' (2025) TV series * ''Angels of War'' (2026)

== Personal life == His wife is actress Anna Tsukanova-Kott (born June 15, 1989). They have two children: a son Mikhail (born 2008) and a daughter Leia (born 2018).

Grandfather is Samuel Kasyanovich Kott (1905-1973). He is a native of the town of Korets. Samuel Kasyanovich was the secretary of the party committee of the Markov factory, commanded the anti-aircraft artillery platoon of the 1683rd artillery anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 2nd Baltic Front and the training unit of the reserve of officers of the 51st Army, knight of the Order of the Red Star (1945).

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|467811}}

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