Alexander Rodnyansky

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. ...