Alexander Molochnikov
Director, Screenwriter, Actor
About
Sasha Molochnikov is a film and theater director. He launched his career at the Moscow Art Theater of Chekhov, then moved on to opera and ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre, and film. In 2021, he was awarded Russia's highest theatrical honor, the "Golden Mask" for best ballet, for his production of "The Seagull" at the Bolshoi Theatre. In 2020, he participated in the SIFF Film Festival with his autobiographical film TELL her was critically acclaimed and widely released. By the age of 30, he had directed seven shows on the best stages in Moscow, as well as two feature films and a TV series "Monastery", which was the number 1 show of the year on Russia’s Netflix streaming platform. He publicly opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and now creates film and theater in New York.
An American citizen and Columbia University MFA candidate in Film, Molochnikov pursues his passion for the performing arts by making New York City his stage, set, and scene. He is currently working on two major theater productions: “Directed by Director” at La MaMa Theatre (Off-Broadway) and “Crime and Punishment” at the Gesher Theatre in Tel Aviv.
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An American citizen and Columbia University MFA candidate in Film, Molochnikov pursues his passion for the performing arts by making New York City his stage, set, and scene. He is currently working on two major theater productions: “Directed by Director” at La MaMa Theatre (Off-Broadway) and “Crime and Punishment” at the Gesher Theatre in Tel Aviv.
Press & links:
IMDB
Rolling Stone
Financial Times
VDud
TELL HER
feature film, 2020
a biographical featured film about splitting between mom and dad, US and Russia in the age of nine (starring Svetlana Khodchenkova, Alexey Serebryakov, Briany Walker and others). Seattle film festival nominee. Screenplay — Molochnikov, Tilkin, Talal, Sreda production
a biographical featured film about splitting between mom and dad, US and Russia in the age of nine (starring Svetlana Khodchenkova, Alexey Serebryakov, Briany Walker and others). Seattle film festival nominee. Screenplay — Molochnikov, Tilkin, Talal, Sreda production
MONASTERY
series, 2022
six episode series about a nymphomaniac getting into an orthodox Russian monastery (starring Philipp Yankovskiy, Anastasia Ivleeva)
Screenplay — Molochnikov, Kinopoisk production
six episode series about a nymphomaniac getting into an orthodox Russian monastery (starring Philipp Yankovskiy, Anastasia Ivleeva)
Screenplay — Molochnikov, Kinopoisk production
- Other titles‘Myths’, feature film, 2017
feature film, musical with biggest Russian celebrities about the Moscow Olumpus (starring Ksenia Rappoport, Fedor Bondarchuk, Ivan Urgant and others)
Screenplay — Molochnikov, Hype production
‘Escaped to Arizona’, short film, 2019
Mocumentery with Svetlana Khodchenkova about hitch hicking Denver -- Las Vegas with a star
‘A Peace of War’, short film, 2019
a short, filmed in an Ethiopian Mursy tribe, unfinished
‘Maaadness’, series, 2020
8-episode covid Zoom series about actors on carantine (starring Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Maxim Matveev and others)
THE SEAGULL
2021, BOLSHOI THEATER
Anton Chekov, Ilya Demutskiy (starring Svetlana Zakharova, Marya Vinogradova, Maria Alexandrova, Artem Ovcharenko, Artem Belyakov)
Anton Chekov, Ilya Demutskiy (starring Svetlana Zakharova, Marya Vinogradova, Maria Alexandrova, Artem Ovcharenko, Artem Belyakov)
PLATONOV HURTS
2022, THEATER ON MALAYA BRONNAYA
the first Anton Chekhov play, the last party last of Russian intelligent people
the first Anton Chekhov play, the last party last of Russian intelligent people
19.14
2014, MOSCOW ART THEATER OF A.P. CHEKHOV
play about WW 1 , made in 2014, when the first Ukrainian war started, a cabaret about Germans ad French, starting to hate and kill each other.
play about WW 1 , made in 2014, when the first Ukrainian war started, a cabaret about Germans ad French, starting to hate and kill each other.
BULBA. FEAST
2020, THEATER ON MALAYA BRONNAYA
a play about a big upcoming way between eastern and western worlds, based on Tomas Vinterberg and Nikolay Gogol
a play about a big upcoming way between eastern and western worlds, based on Tomas Vinterberg and Nikolay Gogol
- OTHER TITLESMOSCOW ART THEATER OF A.P. CHEKHOV
‘Rebels’, 2015
a punk -rock concert show about rabbles in Russian history
‘Night of Lovers’, 2017
a play with all Russian film stars, acting scenes from Hollywood movies
‘The Bright Path. 19.17’, 2017
an utopia about the revolution in 1917
BOLSHOI THEATER
‘Telephone. Medium’, 2019
Gian Carlo Menotti
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
GESHER THEATER ( TEL AVIV )
THE SEAGULL SHOW
LAMAMA. NEW YORK
A poignant story of freedom and destruction, Seagull show is a highly imaginative theatrical production that centers on a Russian artist’s struggle to survive censorship, the realities of creating both art and a life far from home, and the personal cost of resistance.
WRITTEN BY Eli Rarey
PRODUCED BY En Garde Arts
CAST Zuzanna Szadkowski, Andrey Burkovsky, Elan Zafir, Cillian O'sillivan and others.
A poignant story of freedom and destruction, Seagull show is a highly imaginative theatrical production that centers on a Russian artist’s struggle to survive censorship, the realities of creating both art and a life far from home, and the personal cost of resistance.
WRITTEN BY Eli Rarey
PRODUCED BY En Garde Arts
CAST Zuzanna Szadkowski, Andrey Burkovsky, Elan Zafir, Cillian O'sillivan and others.
THE EXTREMIST
short film
The story of Sasha Skochilenko, an artist who replaced price tags in a grocery store with anti-war statements and was sentenced to seven years in a Russian prison.
СAST -- Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Tina Dalakishvilli, Artur Smolyaninov, Lilian Malkina and others
DOP -- Mikhail Krichman
SET DESIGN - Vlad Ogay
The story of Sasha Skochilenko, an artist who replaced price tags in a grocery store with anti-war statements and was sentenced to seven years in a Russian prison.
СAST -- Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Tina Dalakishvilli, Artur Smolyaninov, Lilian Malkina and others
DOP -- Mikhail Krichman
SET DESIGN - Vlad Ogay
Other titles
TREMBLING CREATURE
feature film
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