Aleksandrs Petukhovs

Aleksandrs Petukhovs
Born	(1967-03-23) 23 March 1967 (age 58) Riga, Latvia

Aleksandrs Petukhovs (born 23 March 1967) is a Latvian screenwriter and film director.

Petukhovs was born in Riga, Latvia. He studied film at the National Filmschool VGIK in Moscow. He worked as a film critic for the daily newspaper Pravda . In the 1990s he emigrated to Poland and became assistant director of Baranowski, Kieślowski and Polański.^{[ citation needed ]} His 2004 film The Last Soviet Movie was nominated for the European Film Award. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Films

• The Last Soviet Movie (2003) ^{[4] [5]}
• Gagarin's Dead (1991) – a short documentary
• Brezhniev's Foot (1990) – short
• Stalin's Fist (1989) – short
• Che Che Che (1988) – short

References

1. "The Last Soviet Movie". European Film Academy. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
2. Green, Jennifer (September 20, 2004). "European Film Awards names 42 finalists". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
3. Hopewell, John (2004-09-21). "Euro pix contending". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
4. "THE LAST SOVIET MOVIE by Aleksandrs Petukhovs @ Brooklyn Film Festival" . Retrieved 2024-11-03.
5. Felperin, Leslie (2005-01-05). "The Last Soviet Movie". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

External links

• Aleksandrs Petukhovs at IMDb