Alexander Rodnyansky

Alexander Yefymovych Rodnyansky (; 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 publicly trade on NASDAQ. During his career, Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series. Some of his most notable projects including 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 – Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won GQ Man of the Year (producer) three times. He is a member of the European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 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.