Alexander Kott

Russian director and screenwriter (born 1973)

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Alexander Konstantinovich Kott (Russian: Александр Константинович Котт; born 22 February 1973) is a Russian director and screenwriter.^[1]

Selected filmography

Director

A Hero of Our Time [ru] (2006) 8-episode TV series adapted from the eponymous novel by Mikhail Lermontov
Fortress of War (2010)
Yolki 2 (2011)
Yolki 3 (2013)
Yolki 1914 (2014)
Test (2014)
Insight (2015)
Yolki 5 (2016)
Yolki 6 (2017)
Trotsky (2017) TV series
Spitak (2018)

Personal life

His wife is actress Anna Tsukanova-Kott (born June 15, 1989). They have two children: a son Mikhail (born 2008) and a daughter Leia (born 2018).

Grandfather is Samuel Kasyanovich Kott (1905-1973). He is a native of the town of Korets. Samuel Kasyanovich was the secretary of the party committee of the Markov factory, commanded the anti-aircraft artillery platoon of the 1683rd artillery anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the 2nd Baltic Front and the training unit of the reserve of officers of the 51st Army, knight of the Order of the Red Star (1945).