Aleksey Balabanov was born on February 25, 1959 in Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Ekaterinburg, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Bruder (1997), Gruz 200 (2007) and Der Heizer (2010). He was married to Irina ? and Nadezhda Vasileva. He died on May 18, 2013 in Solnechnoye, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia.
