Alexander Zeldovich

Born in 1958, Alexander Zeldovich graduated from the prestigious Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he studied psychology. After working as a psychotherapist in his native Moscow, he completed studies at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors (in Gleb Panfilov’s workshop), one of the oldest film schools in Russia. An official director and producer of the Russian Film Studio Mosfilm since 1986, Zeldovich also teaches filmmaking courses at the Moscow Institute of Contemporary Arts. Target is Zeldovich’s fourth full-length narrative film and his second collaboration with the cult Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin. —SFIFF