Alik Sakharov

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Alik Sakharov (2006)

Alik Sakharov ( Russian Алик Сахаров ; born May 17, 1959 in Tashkent , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union ) is an American cameraman and film director of Soviet origin.

Life

Sakharov was born in Tashkent and moved to Moscow with his family at the age of eight . At the age of twelve he attended a photography course after school ; when he was around 15 he bought his first 8mm film camera . In 1981 he emigrated to the United States and settled in the New York area. Until 1984 he worked as a watchmaker . In 1985 he produced his first film, The Russian Touch , a documentary about the third wave of Jewish emigrants from Russia in New York, especially in Brighton Beach . He then worked for several years as a freelance cameraman for music videos , commercials and smaller feature films .

In 1988 he received American citizenship . From 1999 he was involved in several high-profile television series on HBO , including The Sopranos , Sex and the City , Rome and Game of Thrones . Since 2007 he has also been working regularly as a director, especially in the television sector, for which he stopped his work as a cameraman from 2011.

Sakharov is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers . He has received several awards for his work, including two AFI Awards and an Emmy .

Filmography

As a cameraman

  • 1985: The Russian Touch (documentary)
  • 1991: Big and Mean
  • 1992: Pausa
  • 1993: Midnight Edition
  • 1993: A Walk with Death
  • 1995: New York News front page hunt ( New York News , TV series)
  • 1995: Comfortably Numb
  • 1996: Jack Reed: The Butcher ( Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance , Movie made for TV)
  • 1997: Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (Documentary)
  • 1997: love! Strength! Compassion! (Love! Valor! Compassion!)
  • 1998: Animals with the Tollkeeper
  • 1998: Lulu on the Bridge
  • 1998: The Repair Shop
  • 1999–2007: The Sopranos ( The Sopranos , TV series, 38 episodes)
  • 2000: Hopewell (TV movie)
  • 2001: The Third Degree (TV movie)
  • 2001–2002: Sex and the City (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2004: Ideal (Direct-to-Video)
  • 2005–2007: Rom ( Rome , TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 2008: Nothing but the Truth (Nothing But the Truth)
  • 2008: 1% (TV movie)
  • 2010: True Blue (TV movie)
  • 2010: The Wonderful Maladys (TV movie)
  • 2011: Game of Thrones (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2011: Straw Dogs - Who sows violence (Straw Dogs)

As a director

As a producer

  • 1985: The Russian Touch (documentary)
  • 1992: Pausa
  • 2016: Black Sails (TV series, 10 episodes)

As a screenwriter

  • 1985: The Russian Touch (documentary)
  • 1992: Pausa

As an actor

As a film editor

  • 1985: The Russian Touch (documentary)

Awards and nominations

Result category Award
2002 Won TV Program of the Year AFI Award
2004 Won TV Program of the Year AFI Award
2005 Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series ASC Award
2007 Won Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Primetime Emmy Award
2012 Nominated Best Direction in a Drama Series OFTA Television Award
Nominated Best Direction in a Drama Series OFTA Television Award
2013 Nominated Best Direction in a Drama Series OFTA Television Award
Won Best Direction in a Drama Series OFTA Television Award
2014 Nominated Best Direction in a Drama Series OFTA Television Award
Nominated Best Direction in a Drama Series OFTA Television Award

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personal data
SURNAME Sakharov, Alik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сахаров, Aлик (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman and film director of Soviet origin
DATE OF BIRTH 17th May 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Tashkent , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union