Biography
Alexander Konstantinovich Cott is a Russian film director and a screenwriter who has fame after the release of films "Brest Fortress," Tree-2 ".
Alexander was born on February 22, 1973 in Moscow. Father worked in construction, mother - taught at school. The boy was born together with the twin brother Vladimir. The family has already been raised in the family. When Alexander and Vladimir was 14 years old, Mom died suddenly, and his father had to take over all responsibility for the education of children. As a childhood, Sasha studied at the Aesthetic Education School in the theater on Red Presnya. In the youth years got carried away by photography.
In 1990, Alexander began working in the newspaper for the post of photographer, traveled on business trips to the Baltic States, put his own work in the "Gallery on the Piroga", the Museum of Gityis, the Academy of Culture. Initially, the young man entered the Institute of Culture, but soon realized that he wanted to be a film director, and in 1994 Sasha became a student of Vladimir Khotinenko's workshop in Vgik. During his studies at the university, he participated in the master classes of Angeya Waida in Krakow. Brother Alexander Vladimir Cott adopted a similar decision to become a director.
Films
The first directories of Alexandra became a single-frame film "Travel" and a short film "Rope", which Cott created for the Arte TV channel (France). In 1997, a young man shoots a picture "Photographer". With a new ribbon about the photographer dreamer, the director visited 30 international film festivals.
The graduation work of Cotta became the film "Bugago". In a short tape, the director made a dream - removed a movie without words. Cott, as a photographer, always wondered the creation of a certain video, which does not need voicing by dialogues.
In 2001, Alexander completes the work on the first full-length ribbon "two chauffeur drove". The adventure comedy about the post-war time was warmly met by the audience and gathered $ 11,000 in the Russian box office, and at the Film's Film Festival Alexander Konstantinovich received a prize in the "Best Directory" nomination. For the actors Pavel Derevyanko and Irina Rakhmanovaya film became the debut on the big screen.
In the early 2000s, there are three small pictures "Circus", "Giant", "List of Lovers of the Russian Federation", after which the Cott starts shooting the 8-serial militant "convoy PQ-17" of the narrative of the events of 1942, unfolding in the Arctic. The series was removed on the novel by V. Pikule "Requiem Caravan PQ-17". Another film appears in 2006: the TV screen comes out the series "Pechorin. Hero of our time "with Igor Petrenko, Yuri Kolfolnikov, Avangard Leontyev, Sergey Nikonenko, Elvira Bolgova and Evgenia Loza starring.
In the late 2000th Cott creates the "outsiders", "fish", "I will show you Moscow" and two short films for the almanaci "May 9. Personal attitude "," Because it is me. " 2010 became a turning point in the creative biography of Alexander Cotta: the Military Film "Brest Fortress" came to the rental, which was recognized as the best film about the war since 1985. The picture was filmed at the Belarusfilm film studio under the guidance of producers Ruben Dishdishian, Igor Ugolnikov, Vladimir Nartalina. The main roles were performed by Andrei Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko, Alexander Korshunov. In the Russian rental film gathered $ 4 million.
In the same year, the premiere of the criminal drama "Associated" with Leonid Bichevin, Julia Peresilde, Andrei Feskov, Mikhail Evlanov, took place on the first channel. In 2011, the NTV channel comes out by a multi-veneer film "Moscow. Central District-3. In the creation of a comedy series about the weekdays of law enforcement officers, in addition to Alexander, and the twin brother Vladimir Cott also participated. On the first channel, the next job of Alexander is demonstrated - the psychological detective "Diamond Hunters", a year later - a detective drama fantasy "The Reverse Side of the Moon".
Alexander Cott - Master Universal, he is equally convincing in any cytoman. Since 2011, Alexander Cott becomes director of the "Christmas tree project". With his participation, the second, third and fifth parts of the family comedy, as well as the film "Christmas Trees 1914". The director releases a fabulous melodrama "1001", the military drama "Third World War". In 2014, the filmography of the director was replenished with a new author's picture. Cott presented at the Film Festival "Kinotavr" the premiere of the art-house drama "Test", in creating a script of which Pavel Chukhray participated. The film has received a prize in the "best operator work" nomination. The film was purchased by film distribution from France and Japan.
Personal life
With the future wife, Anna Tsukanova, Alexander Cotte met in 1996 on the filming of the episode of the humorous almanach "Yelash". Anna was only 7 years old at that time. In 15 years, the girl entered the Schukinsky Theater School. Already at such an early age, the young actress realized that he was in love with Alexander.
In 2007, the couple began to live together, and on July 3, 2008, the young people were born firstborn Mikhail. Alexander and Anna did not register the relations until September 19, 2019, but the spouse had already initially took the surname of her husband. The director removes Anna Tsukanov in his own paintings ("Brest Fortress", Klushi "), but every time the actress passes the tests on the general basis.
The difference in the age of spouses is 16 years old. Together with the son of Cott and Tsukanov travel around the world. Anna's account in Instagram collected photos on which the minutes of the joint family holiday are captured.
On June 20, 2018, Anna Tsukanova presented her husband's daughter.
Alexander Cot now
In 2016, at the Tokyo Film Festival, the picture "Test" received a prize of visual sympathies.
Now the director works on new projects: the fantastic picture of the "shack of the debtor", the historical tape of the "Salvation Union", the social drama "SPATIC", the biblical parable "hoarse". In addition to creativity, Alexander Cotta teaches in Vgik at the Department of Filmorezhissura.
Filmography
- "We drove two chauffeur" - 2001
- "Hero of our time" - 2006
- "Strying" - 2007
- "Sandage" - 2010
- "Brest Fortress" - 2010
- "Diamond hunters" - 2011
- "Christmas Trees 2" - 2011
- "The reverse side of the moon" - 2012
- "Third World" - 2013
- "Test" - 2014
- "Christmas Trees 1914" - 2014
- "Insait" - 2014
- "Christmas Trees 5" - 2016