Alexander Rodnyansky

Born: 1961-07-02 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known For: Production

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

At the Sea ... (Producer)
Cannes 2026 With Anton Dolin
Butterfly Jam ... (Producer)

2025

Dreams ... (Producer)
Orphan ... (Producer)
Connected ... (Producer)
Notes of a True Criminal ... (Director)

2024

The Zelensky Story as Self - Ukrainian TV Mogul
Steppenwolf ... (Producer)
Dissident ... (Producer)
Episodes: Don't Switch! as Self
Of Dogs and Men ... (Producer)

2023

Headshot ... (Producer)
Once Within a Time ... (Executive Producer)
A History of Russian Cinema. The Birth of the Myth. as Self
Папины дочки. Новые ... (Creator)
Adrift ... (Producer)

2022

Mama, I'm Home ... (Producer)

2021

Where Is Anne Frank ... (Producer)
Chernobyl: Abyss ... (Producer)
Seventh Symphony ... (Producer)
Unclenching the Fists ... (Producer)
Rastorhuev as self

2020

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest ... (Producer)
The Fisherman's Daughter ... (Producer)
Zakon i Besporyadok ... (Producer)
(UN)Ideal Man ... (Producer)

2019

Raya Knows Everything ... (Producer)
The Ninth ... (Producer)
Beanpole ... (Producer)
The Lenin Factor ... (Producer)

2015

Raya Knows ... (Producer)

2014

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ... (Producer)
Demons ... (Producer)
Leviathan ... (Producer)
The Adventurers ... (Producer)

2013

Machete Kills as Radio Guest (uncredited)
The Dyatlov Pass Incident ... (Producer)
Jayne Mansfield's Car ... (Producer)
Standing Up ... (Producer)
Russia's History Revealed ... (Producer)
Stalingrad ... (Producer)

2012

Cloud Atlas ... (Producer)
The White Guard ... (Producer)
Nepal Forever ... (Producer)

2011

Elena ... (Producer)
¡Vivan las Antipodas! ... (Executive Producer)
Exporting Raymond as Self
I Love You ... (Producer)
Innocent Saturday ... (Producer)
Carré Blanc ... (Co-Producer)

2009

Margosha ... (Producer)
Kremlin cadets ... (Executive Producer)
First Love ... (Producer)
The Inhabited Island ... (Producer)
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion ... (Producer)
The Best Movie 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Russia 88 ... (Executive Producer)

2008

Ranetki ... (Producer)
Я лечу ... (Creator)

2007

Daddy's Daughters ... (Creator)
18-14 ... (Producer)
A Phantom House for a Dowry ... (Producer)
May ... (Producer)
The Gardener ... (Producer)
Let's Play! ... (Producer)

2006

Cadetship ... (Producer)
The Heat ... (Producer)
Piter FM ... (Producer)
Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska ... (Producer)
Close People ... (Producer)

2005

Not Born Beautiful ... (Producer)
Multiplying Sadness ... (Producer)
Molody i schastlivy ... (Supervising Producer)
Мой личный враг ... (Producer)
Special Purpose Girlfriend ... (Producer)
Большое зло и мелкие пакости ... (Producer)
Twilight ... (Producer)
9th Company ... (Producer)
The Sun ... (Producer)
Soldiers Decameron ... (Producer)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ... (Producer)

2004

My Fair Nanny ... (Producer)
Careful, Zadov! ... (Producer)
Dear Masha Berezina ... (Co-Producer)
Viola Tarakanova ... (Producer)
Cavaliers of the Starfish ... (Producer)
Guidebook ... (Producer)
A Driver for Vera ... (Producer)
Chervonian Renaissance ... (Producer)
Stolen Happiness ... (Producer)

2003

Poor Nastya ... (Producer)

2002

The School for Scandal
Keys to Death ... (Producer)

2000

Bourgeois's Birthday ... (Producer)

1999

East/West ... (Producer)

1998

Two Moons, Three Suns ... (Producer)

1997

The World of Sasha Shumovich ... (Producer)
SV-show ... (Creator)

1996

A Chef in Love ... (Producer)

1995

Kulturzeit as self

1994

Josephine the Singer and the Mice People ... (Producer)
Last Farewell USSR. Film 2 ... (Director)
Double Agent ... (Director)

1993

Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal ... (Director)
The March of the Living ... (Director)

1991

Gagarin, I Loved You ... (Producer)

1990

The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg ... (Director)
Meeting With The Father ... (Director)

1989

Which One of Us is Shae ... (Director)

1988

Tired Cities ... (Writer)

1987

In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments ... (Director)

1986

KVN Major League as Self - Judge