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Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Director

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Directing
1911 · 1 film
Lived
8 August 1877 — d. 1945
From
Khanzhonkovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

In 1906 he opened the A. Khanzhonkov Trading House (since 1912 - A. Khanzhonkov & K JSC), the first Russian company selling and renting foreign films. Since 1907, he began production of game productions and chronicles. One of the founders of Russian cinematography. Vladislav Starevich, Eugene Bauer, Petr Chardynin, Vera Kholodnaya, Ivan Mozhuhin, Vera Caralli, Vitold Polonsky, Ivan Perestiani and others. In 1920, he emigrated after the nationalization of film enterprises.

Career Signature

How Aleksandr Khanzhonkov’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.