Alexander Rodnyansky

Family and education

Rodnyansky was born in Kyiv to Jewish parents Efim Naumovich Fridman and Larisa Zinovyevna Rodnyanskaya.{{cite web |trans-title=Rodnyansky, Alexander Efimovich |trans-title = Alexander Rodnyansky |trans-title = 1 + 1 Channel Has Only One Owner Left |trans-title=A. N. Tupolev - Man And His Planes |trans-title = ‘If You're Not in Cannes, You're Nowhere’: Interview with Rodnyansky

Due to the busy schedule of his parents, Alexander was raised by his grandfather and given his surname. Rodnyansky graduated from Kyiv's National University of Film, Theatre and Television as a documentary director. He studied under Felix Sobolev.{{cite web |trans-title =Alexander Rodnyansky

Career

Documentaries

In 1983 Rodnyansky started his career at Kyivnaukfilm studio. At that time he was making documentaries on ecology and politics. He directed 10 feature short motion pictures which won him over 40 prestigious awards both at home and abroad. For the documentary Raoul Wallenberg's Mission he was awarded the highest award for a documentary filmmaker in the USSR – the Russian National Film Award NIKA as well as the European Film Award (for Best Documentary).

In 1990 Rodnyansky was invited to 'Innova Film', founded by Germany ZFD channel. His 1991 film Last farewell USSR was awarded the Gran Prix of Cinema Jove Film Festival in Valencia, Russian National Film Award NIKA, Special Jury prize at the Festival International de Cinema Nyon and the Best Documentary prize at the Duisburg Film Festival.{{cite web |trans-title = Turn Fairy tale into Reality

From 1990 till 1994, he worked as a producer and film director at the German television channel ZDF.

TV

When Leonid Kuchma became the President, Rodnyansky returned to Ukraine. With a start-up capital of $400,000, Rodnyansky and his cousin Boris Fuchsmann co-founded the 1+1 Channel.{{cite web |trans-title = Mister Blockbuster |trans-title =Boris Fuchsmann |trans-title = TV Market

In 2002 Peter Gerwe asked Rodnaynsky to head the American company Story First Communication (later renamed CTC Media) which operated one TV-channel – CTC. Rodnaynsky started buying licenses on Western TV series and shows and produced their localisation for Russia. Under his leadership the company transformed into an international television powerhouse with five channels in three countries.

Rodnyansky led CTC Media to become the first ever Russian media company with an IPO on NASDAQ. In 2002 the CTC Channel had a market value of approximately $40 million; when Rodnyansky left CTC Media in 2008, the company's market capitalization was over $4 billion; CTC doubled its audience share and became the fourth most popular channel in Russia.

Later Business

In 2009 Rodnyansky founded A.R. Films and purchased 51% of shares of Sergey Melkumov's Non-Stop Production. At the end of 2009 he acquired 51% of the A Company, which also had a stake in Filmklik. In Spring 2010 Rodnyansky bought majority share in . In 2011 A.R. Films acquired 'A Company', founded by Alexander Van Dulmen. In 2012 it launched 'A Company Distribution' in Russia that soon started collaborating with the 20th Century Fox on domestics releases. It also produced and distributed Non-Stop Production's movies and TV series.{{cite web |language = ru |trans-title = AR Films Gets Sued

In 2015 'A Company' declared bankruptcy, Rodnyansky withdrew €10 mln shortly before. The bankruptcy supervisor Tornsten Martini sued A.R. Films for €2 mln, in March 2018 the Berlin court ordered A.R. Films to pay, however, the order wasn't executed. In 2019 the second sue followed, $3.8 mln were added to the previous fine.

In 2018 Rodnyansky announced the establishment of a new, Hollywood-based company AR Content to work on international projects.{{cite web |trans-title = Alexander Rodnyansly Announces New Company AR Content

Cinema and TV Series

In 2011 Alexander Mindadze's film Innocent Saturday produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and received a Golden Eagle for Best Script in 2012. In the same year, Andrey Zvyagintsev's Elena, also produced by Rodnyansky, won The Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, Elena won four Golden Eagles for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web |trans-title =Zvyagintsev's Elena Receives ‘Golden Eagle’ for Best Film |trans-title = Golden Eagle Laureates Announced

Jayne Mansfield's Car, a family comedy/drama directed by Billy Bob Thornton became the first US film, produced by Alexander Rodnyansky. The ensemble cast included Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor and Ray Stevenson.{{cite web

In 2012, Rodnyansky partnered with director Robert Rodriguez to produce a sequel to the 2010 film Machete, Machete Kills, and the cult 2005 film Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. Cloud Atlas, directed by The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, and co-produced by Alexander Rodnyansky, was released in 2012 in Russia by A Company and grossed $16.5 mln.{{cite web

In 2013 Alexander Rodnyansky produced with his partner Sergey Melkumov an epic war drama Stalingrad, directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. Stalingrad has opened to $8.3 million in China on 7,136 screens, including 123 in Imax 3D making it the best-ever start for a non-Chinese and non-Hollywood film in the country.

After 2013 Rodnyansky decided to specialize in art house cinema genre.{{cite web |language = ru |trans-title = Mister Blockbuster

In 2014 Leviathan directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition of 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The Guardian called the film "a new Russian masterpiece", while IndieWire gave it an "A+". Leviathan won the award for The Best Screenplay and was picked up for US distribution by Sony Classics.{{cite web |language = ru

Leviathan won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for an Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 87th Academy Awards. Leviathan was also nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and an Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film.

In 2016 The Duelist directed by Aleksey Mizgirev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky was screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2016 Alexander Rodnyansky was invited to the Jury of the Caméra d'Or program of the Cannes Film Festival. In June 2016 he became the member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In 2017 Loveless directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Loveless won the Jury Prize at Cannes. and The Best Film Award at BFI London Film Festival. In September 2017 the Russian Oscar committee nominated Loveless as a Russian entry into the Oscar race for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards and was nominated in final shortlist. Another film produced by Alexander Rodnyansky – Requiem for Mrs. J directed by Bojan Vuletić was nominated by Serbia as their entry into the Oscar race.

In 2018 The Man Who Surprised Everyone, directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. It won the Best Actress Award at the Horizons (Orizzonti) section.

In 2019 Beanpole directed by Kantemir Balagov and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Beanpole won the Un Certain Regard Best Director Award and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section. It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.{{cite web |language =en

Variety included Alexander Rodnyansky in its Variety500 index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global entertainment industry. In 2021 his AR Content production company signed a first look deal with Apple TV+.

In 2021 * Unclenching the Fists*, directed by Kira Kovalenko and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky became the first Russian film in history to win the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program in 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Also in 2021 Vladimir Bitokov's movie Mama, I'm Home was included into the Orizzonti Extra program of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |trans-title = Rodnyansky on Bitokov's Movie 'Mama, I'm Home': ‘It's an uncompromising statement’

After the beginning of Russian war in Ukraine, Rodnyansky publicly announced that all of his Russian projects are put on hold or closed. Following the invasion, he will focus on his American company AR Content, which develops English-language and multi-lingual feature films, documentaries and television shows, including Khan with FOX Entertainment and Red Rainbow, to be directed by Emmy-winning director Andrij Parekh.

In February 2023 Rodnyansky announced that The Killing and Suicide Squad alum Joel Kinnaman will star in AR Content's adaptation of John Nixon's Debriefing the President*.* Kinnaman will play a former CIA analyst Nixon who wrote the non-fiction book about his experience of being the first American to identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein following his 2003 capture.

In 2024 Rodnyansky announced that the strategy would be “building a hub” of European and international talent and uniting them with Hollywood through his banner AR Content. As a part of this strategy Alexander Rodnyansky already announced the following films: At The Sea by Kornel Mundruzo, starring Amy Addams, Orphan directed by Oscar-winning Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes, first English-language film of Kantemir Balagov Butterfly Jam, produced in cooperation with Why Not Productions and October 7 attacks aftermath film Of Dogs And Men, directed by Dani Rosenberg.

Of Dogs And Men premiered in 2024 in Venice. In 2025 Dreams, a film directed by Michel Franco and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition of the Berlin Film Festival followed by the in competition premiere of Orphan, directed by Laszlo Nemes and produced by Rodnyansky in Venice.

In 2025 after a 31-year hiatus Alexander Rodnyansky returned to documentary filmmaking with Notes of a True Criminal. In his film, Rodnyansky contemplates key events in Ukraine’s history and how they have affected him and his family: the referendum on Ukraine’s independence, the mass execution of Jews at Babyn Yar, and the Soviet authorities’ attempt to erase the memory of this tragedy. Chernobyl, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Germany, and, of course, the war—the full-scale invasion by the Russian army, which began on February 24, 2022. Notes of a True Criminal were selected to premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. Tel Aviv-based documentary sales outfit Cinephil has acquired world rights to the film.

Public and political views

As a Kyiv-born Ukrainian, Alexander Rodnyansky never held a Russian passport despite working in Russia for over 20 years. He holds a Ukrainian passport and has numerous friends and relatives in Ukraine, though his own family is Russian-speaking.{{cite web |trans-title =Alexander Rodnyansky: ‘Euromaidan Created All Problems of Modern Ukraine’ |trans-title=Rodnyansky: Annexation of Crimea Was Inevitable |trans-title = ‘I'm Not Going to Change my Blue Ukrainian Passport to Any Other’

In a 2019 interview, Rodnyansky criticized self-censorship in Russia and its growing trend for self-isolation.

In April 2020 Rodnyansky's Non-Stop Production was excluded from the official register of the which meant that they could no longer receive government fundings for their movie projects.{{cite web |trans-title = Rodnyansky's and Uchitel's Cinema Companies Excluded from State Cinema Committee register

From the first day of war, Alexander Rodnyansky publicly opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He gave multiple anti-war interviews to both film industry publications - Variety , Deadline and Screen International as well as international media.

Alexander Rodnyansky turned his personal Instagram account into an anti-war media, documenting for his largely Russia-based audiences the atrocities of war in Ukraine, including the massacre of Bucha and other war crimes perpetrated by the Russian army.

Jerusalem Post first reported that In the first hours of war Rodnyansky was instrumental in getting a Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich to help broker a peace process. This was later confirmed by UK and US media, including Sky News and Financial Times. Rodnyansky confirmed to FT his involvement. He said that Abramovich's influence over the Kremlin “was limited” but added that the billionaire was the only Russian figure who had agreed to help.

For his public anti-war position Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu made a request to Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova to eliminate "Rodnyansky from cultural agenda of Russia". In a letter leaked to a Russian publication Insider, Rodnyansky was named alongside Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Rodnyansky responded, that he is independent and does not need state money, but he is deeply troubled that the directors that he worked with - Zvyagintsev, Balagov, Kovalenko - might also suffer and their films might be «excluded from the cultural agenda».{{cite web

A public pro-war group that lists «national traitors that pose threat to Russian interests» branded Alexander Rodnyansky as an «enemy» of the Russian state.

On October 21, 2022, Alexander Rodnyansky was declared to be a "foreign agent" by the Russian Ministry of Justice. A so-called “foreign agents” law, passed in 2012 and repeatedly expanded, allows the Justice Ministry to label for political reason opposition groups or individuals “foreign agents,” exposing them to fines and harassment that stymie their work.

On May 17, 2023, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Rodnyansky in absentia in connection on the charges of "spreading fake news" about the Russian army. There had been no previous reports of a criminal case against Rodnyansky. According to the court's press service, Rodnyansky, who is outside Russia, will be arrested once Russian authorities manage to detain him or to get him extradited.

On October 21, 2024 the Basmanny District Court of Moscow sentenced Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years in prison for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2023 Rodnyansky wrote in the Guardian about his potential sentencing: “No other country in the world recognises this crime and I don’t either. I will continue to speak out against the invasion on every platform available to me". Russia has detained, fined and jailed thousands of people for opposing its Ukraine offensive since February 2022 – a crackdown rights groups have compared to the Soviet era.

Personal life

Alexander Rodnyansky is married to Valeria Rodnyansky (née Miroshnichenko), the couple have a daughter, Ellen, and a son, Alexander.{{cite web |trans-title = Valeria Rodnyansky |trans-title = Valeria Rodnyansky Promotes Art of Printmaking: ‘For the First Time in My Life I'm Working With Material that Doesn't Resist’ |trans-title = In Its Place

In 2019, Alexander Rodnyansky Jr. was assigned Principal Economics Advisor of Ukrainian government.{{cite web |trans-title = Rodnyansky Doubts He Can Be Cancelled From Russian Cultural Agenda

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