Alexander Rodnyansky

Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media manager, Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network, 1+1, and ran Russian CTC Media, which, under his management, became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly.

Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career. Some of his most notable projects include Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless(2017), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko.

Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member.

Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless.

Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years.

Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.

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Cloud Atlas

6.9

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

6.4

Machete Kills

5.6

Leviathan

7.4

Loveless

7.3

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

5.9

Chernobyl: Abyss

6.3

Stalingrad

6.5

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest

6.4

Beanpole

7.1

9th Company

6.8

Elena

7.2

The Ninth

6.4

The Inhabited Island

5.5

The Duelist

6.3

Piter FM

6.7

Where Is Anne Frank

6.8

Standing Up

6.7

The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion

5.2

The Sun

6.7

East/West

6.6

Jayne Mansfield's Car

5.8

A Driver for Vera

6.3

The Best Movie 2

3.2

Unclenching the Fists

6.4

Daddy's Daughters

5.4

My Fair Nanny

6.0

The Heat

3.9

(UN)Ideal Man

5.4

Russia 88

5.5

Not Born Beautiful

5.2

Innocent Saturday

4.1

The Man Who Surprised Everyone

5.9

Cadetship

5.1

A Chef in Love

4.5

18-14

7.2

Carré Blanc

6.2

¡Vivan las Antipodas!

7.3

Ranetki

2.0

Poor Nastya

4.4

The Adventurers

5.6

Twilight

3.5

I Love You

6.0

Mama, I'm Home

6.8

The White Guard

5.3

Margosha

6.7

Steppenwolf

4.5

Once Within a Time

5.2

Demons

8.0

May

5.0

Josephine the Singer and the Mice People

4.8

Raya Knows Everything

6.8

Nepal Forever

5.7

The Lenin Factor

5.7

Lenin: Revolution Chronicles

6.7

Raya Knows

7.3

Headshot

9.7

Investigator Tikhonov

8.3

Kremlin cadets

4.7

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

5.5

The Guidebook

5.5

Soldiers Decameron

1.0

Bourgeois's Birthday

3.0

Two Moons, Three Suns

1.0

First Love

1.0

Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director

7.0

Russia's History Revealed

4.0

Viola Tarakanova

1.0

Dr. Richter

8.0

Dear Masha Berezina

10.0

Chervonian Renaissance

8.0

Adrift

0.0

What Happens

0.0

The Gardener

0.0

Stolen Happiness

0.0

NEOOONOWWW

0.0

Butterfly Jam

0.0

Let's Play!

0.0

Dissident

0.0

At the Sea

0.0

Orphan

0.0

Gagarin, I Loved You

0.0

The Fisherman's Daughter

0.0

Nazidanie

0.0

Of Dogs and Men

0.0

Occupation

0.0

The World of Sasha Shumovich

0.0

Dreams

0.0

Place To Be

0.0

Careful, Zadov!

0.0

Seventh Symphony

0.0

Keys to Death

0.0

Cavaliers of the Starfish

0.0

Большое зло и мелкие пакости

0.0

Multiplying Sadness

0.0

Мой личный враг

0.0

A Phantom House for a Dowry

0.0

Close People

0.0

Zakon i Besporyadok

0.0

Debriefing the President

0.0

Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska

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