Sergei Selyanov
Biography
Sergei Selyanov is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. Head of the STV film company, co-founder of the Melnitsa Animation Studio. In 1972-1975 he studied at the Tula Polytechnic Institute, where he shot films in an amateur studio. In 1980 graduated from the scriptwriting department of VGIK, in 1989 from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors. Shot his debut feature film The Name-Day together with Nikolai Makarov in 1980 (released in 1988). In 1992 organized and headed the STV film company. He is a producer of more than 60 feature and documentary films, including Brother (1997), Of Freaks and Men (1998), Brother 2 (2000), The Cuckoo (2002), It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006), Core of the World (2018), Compartment No. 6 (2021), which were awarded at Russian and International film festivals.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A talk show
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • as Guest
Garik Kharlamov, Azamat Musagaliyev and Denis Dorokhov discuss current events every Saturday evening, joke and communicate with the guests of the show.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as self
A documentary about the phenomenon of the Brother duology and its place in the country's cultural code. Directors Anna and Grigory Selyanov explore Balabanov's legacy, rare archives, and routes from Moscow to New York to understand how these films united several generations of Russians.
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The documentary series tells about the history of the new Russian cinema in the context of events that changed Russia forever. The narrative is built in chronological order: from 1992, when the first film was released, where "Russia" was listed in the output data instead of "USSR", to the present. Directors, actors and producers will share their memories of the path in Russian cinema. Among them are Fyodor Bondarchuk, Gosha Kutsenko, Evgeny Tsyganov, Zhora Gooseberry, Pyotr Buslov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Khotinenko, Valeria Guy Germanika, Sergey Selyanov, Egor Konchalovsky and many others.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Self
His motto was laconic: "I promised - stay still." This is how Alexei Balabanov lived, raised his sons, was friends, and so filmed. A legendary director and an extraordinary person who made both "festival" and "mass" films with equal ease. He was a great father and a difficult husband, a loyal friend and an honest guy. Balabanov with his life, passions, losses, burning pain on the way to God in the memories of those closest to him - mother, sons, wife and friends. He seems to be telling the crew again: "Let's do it talentedly!"
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A documentary grotesque in which even the walls speak. Famous directors of St. Petersburg cinema recall their lives and work, and images of old films come to life to remind the viewer of themselves.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as self
The film “We Others Will Not” emerged as a direct continuation of numerous meetings and conversations with Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Alexei Balabanov. The idea to reflect again on the phenomenon of Sergei Bodrov Jr.’s identity belongs to Evgeniy Nikishov and Valeriy Fedorovich. Together we decided to go on this difficult journey. Close friends and colleagues talk about Sergei: the producer Sergei Selyanov, the designer Nadezhda Vasilyeva, the composer Vyacheslav Butusov, the cinematographer Sergei Astakhov, and also… Sergei Bodrov Jr. and the director Alexei Balabanov, whose films “Brother” and “Brother 2” acquired popular fame at the threshold of the 2000s.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
At the beginning of "perestroyka", city authorities are getting ready for another event in keeping with the spirit of stagnant times. A director with a rather "unyielding" character is assigned to make a film about the birth of the one millionth inhabitant. However, when he finds the heroine of his story, there is no much "positive" to show as this family hardly suits for advertising happy life...