Aleksandr Baranov

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Baranov Kazakh Александр Николаевич Баранов born March 20 1955 AlmaAta is a Soviet Kazakh and Russian film director screenwriter and producer In 1985 he graduated from the script Department of the AllRussian State Institute of Cinematography named after S A Gerasimov In 1985 he acted as a screenwriter for the film Who are you Horseman For the newsreel Yeralash created 3 plots His first directorial work was Three 1988 in collaboration with Bakhyt Kilibayev The film was awarded four grand Prix of the festivals Debut Youth and Constellation for best acting and acting ensemble One of the authors of the script of the film Needle 1988 in which the main role was played by Viktor Tsoi He acted as a director screenwriter and producer of the film Shanghai 1996 which received the prize of the Kiev festival Golden Knight He has been working in Timur Bekmambetovs team since 2011 One of the directors of the film Christmas Trees 2 2011 In 2012 in collaboration with Dmitry Kiselyov he directed the film Gentlemen good luck