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

2025

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

2024

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

Chernobyl: Abyss ... (Producer)
Where Is Anne Frank ... (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)
(UN)Ideal Man ... (Producer)
Zakon i Besporyadok ... (Producer)

2019

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

2018

The Man Who Surprised Everyone ... (Producer)

2017

Loveless ... (Producer)
vDud as Guest
Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director ... (Producer)
Dr. Richter ... (Producer)
Nazidanie ... (Producer)
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles ... (Producer)

2016

The Duelist ... (Producer)
Investigator Tikhonov ... (Producer)

2015

Raya Knows ... (Producer)

2014

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

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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

2009

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

2008

Ranetki ... (Producer)
The Inhabited Island ... (Producer)
Я лечу ... (Creator)

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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

2004

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

1988

Tired Cities ... (Writer)

1987

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