FrameThrower · Actors · Aleksandr Baluev
Aleksandr Baluev
3 films · 303 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1997–2007
Born 6 December 1958 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Baluev is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 100 films and numerous stage productions since 1980.
Aleksandr Baluev was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He graduated in 1975 from Moscow School No. 637. After unsuccessful attempts to enter the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute he worked for a year as assistant illuminator in the light department at Mosfilm. The second attempt was more successful, with Aleksandr entering the Moscow Art Theatre School on Pavel Massalsky's course. In 1980, he successfully completed the training and became an actor of the Soviet Army Theatre.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 303 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1997–2007
- Moscow Prize for Literature and the Arts2014
- Nika Award
- Prize of the Federal Security Service of Russia
How their films are shot
Measured across 303 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Aleksandr takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 57% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Aleksandr takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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