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. Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member. Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless. Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years. Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 2, 1961 (65)
- Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
- Producer, also actor
- 29 on MovieCove · 120 credits in all
What are Alexander Rodnyansky's films like?
Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 26
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 21
A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 13 · Intense 12
Steady 9 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 16
A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 7
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet17
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alexander Rodnyansky's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Alexander Rodnyansky's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
120 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Butterfly Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Place to Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Dissident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Cannes 2026 With Anton Dolin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
At the Sea(2026)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Orphan(2025)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Notes of a True Criminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Dreams(2025)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Connected(2025)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Of Dogs and Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Steppenwolf(2024)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Once Within a Time(2022)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all filmsAdrift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Папины дочки. Новые (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Headshot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Mama, I'm Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Where Is Anne Frank(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Seventh Symphony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Unclenching the Fists(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Chernobyl: Abyss(2021)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Zakon i Besporyadok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Fisherman's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
(UN)Ideal Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Ninth(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Lenin Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Raya Knows Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Beanpole(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Man Who Surprised Everyone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Dr. Richter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Nazidanie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Loveless(2017)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Duelist(2016)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Investigator Tikhonov (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Raya Knows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Leviathan(2014)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Demons(2014)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
The Adventurers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Stalingrad(2013)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Machete Kills(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Standing Up(2013)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Jayne Mansfield's Car(2012)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Devil's Pass(2013)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Russia's History Revealed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Nepal Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Cloud Atlas(2012)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The White Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
¡Vivan las Antipodas! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Carré Blanc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Elena(2011)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Innocent Saturday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
I Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Margosha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Kremlin cadets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Russia 88 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Best Movie 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Dark Planet(2008)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Я лечу (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Ranetki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
18-14 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Daddy's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Gardener (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Let's Play! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
A Phantom House for a Dowry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Zhara(2006)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Cadetship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Ivan Podushkin. Dzhentlmen syska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Close People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Piter FM(2006)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Molody i schastlivy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Soldiers Decameron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Twilight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
9th Company(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Not Born Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Special Purpose Girlfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Multiplying Sadness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Мой личный враг (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Большое зло и мелкие пакости (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Guidebook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Viola Tarakanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
My Fair Nanny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Chervonian Renaissance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
A Driver for Vera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Dear Masha Berezina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Cavaliers of the Starfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Careful, Zadov! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Stolen Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Poor Nastya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The School for Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Keys to Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Bourgeois's Birthday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
East/West(1999)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all filmsTwo Moons, Three Suns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
SV-show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The World of Sasha Shumovich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
A Chef in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Josephine the Singer and the Mice People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Last Farewell USSR. Film 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Double Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Last Farewell USSR. Film 1. Personal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The March of the Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Gagarin, I Loved You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Mission of Raoul Wallenberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Meeting With The Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Which One of Us is Shae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Tired Cities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
In the Evenings, After the Accomplishments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Extremists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Vincent Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 120 titles, 116 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Highest rated
Leviathan (2014)
Most popular right now
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2015–2018.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film Not in the English Language
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Alexander Rodnyansky's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Alexander Rodnyansky's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Alexander Rodnyansky work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alexander Rodnyansky's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sergey Melkumov shares the most, 14.
Directors
- Fedor BondarchukShared titles: Stalingrad (2013), Dark Planet (2008), Zhara (2006), 9th Company (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Fedor Bondarchuk
- Andrey ZvyagintsevShared titles: Loveless (2017), Leviathan (2014), Elena (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Andrey Zvyagintsev
Writers
- Oleg NeginShared titles: Loveless (2017), Leviathan (2014), Elena (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Oleg Negin
- Ilya TilkinShared titles: The Ninth (2019), Stalingrad (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Ilya Tilkin
- Marina DyachenkoShared titles: The Ninth (2019), Dark Planet (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Marina Dyachenko
- Sergei BodrovShared titles: The Ninth (2019), East/West (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Sergei Bodrov
Actors
- Aleksey RozinShared titles: Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020), Loveless (2017), Leviathan (2014), Elena (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Aleksey Rozin
- Pyotr FyodorovShared titles: The Duelist (2016), Stalingrad (2013), Dark Planet (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Pyotr Fyodorov
- Igor ChernevichShared titles: Chernobyl: Abyss (2021), The Ninth (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Igor Chernevich
- Maryana SpivakShared titles: Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020), Loveless (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Maryana Spivak
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Maksim Osadchiy-KorytkovskiyShared titles: The Ninth (2019), The Duelist (2016), Stalingrad (2013), Dark Planet (2008), Zhara (2006), 9th Company (2005)See all 6 shared titles with Maksim Osadchiy-Korytkovskiy
- Igor LitoninskiyShared titles: Beanpole (2019), Stalingrad (2013), Dark Planet (2008), Zhara (2006), 9th Company (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Igor Litoninskiy
- Evgueni GalperineShared titles: Orphan (2025), Beanpole (2019), Loveless (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Evgueni Galperine
- Philip GlassShared titles: Once Within a Time (2022), Leviathan (2014), Elena (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Philip Glass
Producers
- Sergey MelkumovShared titles: Chernobyl: Abyss (2021), Unclenching the Fists (2021), Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020), Beanpole (2019), The Ninth (2019), Loveless (2017), The Duelist (2016), Demons (2014), Leviathan (2014), Devil's Pass (2013), Stalingrad (2013), Elena (2011) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Sergey Melkumov
- Natalya GorinaShared titles: Unclenching the Fists (2021), Beanpole (2019), The Ninth (2019), The Duelist (2016), Stalingrad (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Natalya Gorina
- Dmitriy RudovskiyShared titles: Stalingrad (2013), Dark Planet (2008), Zhara (2006), 9th Company (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Dmitriy Rudovskiy
- Rafael MinasbekyanShared titles: Chernobyl: Abyss (2021), Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020), The Ninth (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Rafael Minasbekyan
