Sergei Bodrov

Director

June 28, 1948 (78 years)

Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR

Biography

Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov (born June 28, 1948) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia). 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 film the movie Mongol. Bodrov curre…

Filmography

5.5

Seventh Son

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

6.8

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

5.2

Nomad: The Warrior

The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.

4.7

The Quickie

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.

2.2

Stories on Human Rights

20 short films about human rights.

5.0

42 One Dream Rush

An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream. Produced by 42 Below vodka, the collection blends surreal, poetic, and experimental visions into a mosaic of oneiric cinema.

6.6

Prisoner of the Mountains

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

5.9

Running Free

The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.

5.0

Bear's Kiss

A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.

4.6

A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries

Yuriko, a daughter of Yakudza boss is lost in Russia. Here she finds Alexey - a young man who is trying to help her.

5.0

Freedom Is Paradise

Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.

5.7

The Gambler

The story of a player who entered the environment of professional gamblers in the hope of breaking a big jackpot.

1.0

Breathe Easy

Ilya stutters a lot, and this interferes with everything - his personal life, communication with the child, work. In desperation, he enrolls in the course of the famous doctor Cherkasova, a guru in his field, whom patients consider a magician and wizard. There he meets new friends and a new love - a young girl Vera. But it turns out that Cherkasova herself likes Ilya, and she intends to win him over.

5.8

White King, Red Queen

Aleksey and Katerina separated twenty years ago. He left for the West, she stayed in the East. They will meet again in Switzerland under troubling circumstances.

N/A

In the Same Garden

We all live on the same planet, under one sun which nurtures and renews our unique and common hopes for the future. No matter how much we differ from each other in color, ethnicity and belief, we all share the same source of life, united in our destinies. An omnibus film on the topic of Turkish - Armenian relations.

10.0

I Hate You

The plot is based on the story of a meeting and reconciliation after many years of separation of the Mikhailovs, the realization of a mistake they made in their youth. Once they were too lazy to understand each other. He left for the construction site in a hurry, and she, having accepted his departure, did not forget the offense. A few years later, the hero came to his wife and grown-up daughter

6.6

I Wanted to See Angels

Twenty-year-old Bob rides 1000 km to Moscow on his vintage motorbike to collect a bad debt for his boss; the city chews up and spits out this naive country boy, whose head is full of Easy Rider dreams.

5.8

Non-Professionals

A band of young musicians is looking for fees across the steppe in an ramshackle old bus. During their tour, starving, they kill a cow but they don't know what to do with it. They will also bring happiness in an old people's home in return for food.

5.5

Sweet Juice inside the Grass

The story of the first love between two eighth-graders.

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