Name: Aleksei German
Birthday: 20 July 1938
Deathday: 21 February 2013
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Known For: Directing
Aleksei Yuryevich German (Алексей Юрьевич Герман, 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia.
