Known For: Directing
Popularity: 0
Status: Deceased at 74 years old (death on 21/02/2013)
Date of Birth: 20/07/1938
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Aleksei Yuryevich German (Алексей Юрьевич Герман, 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia.