Quick Facts
Intro | Film director | ||
A.K.A. | Sergey Vladimirovich Bodrov | ||
Is | Film director Screenwriter Writer | ||
From | Russia Russia | ||
Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | ||
Gender | male | ||
Birth | 28 June 1948, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia | ||
Age | 75 years | ||
Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Biography
Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в; IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈdrof]; born June 28, 1948) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2003 he was the President of the Jury at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.
Life and career
Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia). In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr. was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of the North Caucasus on September 20, 2002 while shooting his film which was tentatively titled The Messenger.
Bodrov's grandmother was ethnic Buryat, which influenced his decision to make the movie Mongol.
Bodrov currently has an apartment in Los Angeles and a ranch in Arizona. He is married to American film consultant Carolyn Cavallaro.
Awards
- Prisoner of the Mountains
- Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination.
- Mongol
- Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination.
- The Quickie
- 23rd Moscow International Film Festival Golden St. George (nominated)
Filmography
- Freedom Is Paradise (СЭР. Свобода - это рай, 1989)
- Katala (Катала, 1989)
- White King, Red Queen (Белый король, красная королева, 1992)
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Кавказский пленник, 1996)
- Running Free (2000)
- The Quickie (Давай сделаем это по-быстрому, 2001)
- Bear's Kiss (Медвежий поцелуй, 2002)
- Shiza (Шиза, 2004)
- Nomad (Кочевник, 2005)
- Mongol (Монгол, 2007)
- A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries (2010)
- Seventh Son (Седьмой сын, 2014)
