Aleksandr Alekseevich Khanzhonkov (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Ханжонков, 8 August [O.S. 27 July] 1877 — 26 September 1945) was a pioneering Russian cinema entrepreneur, film director and screenwriter. He is known for producing Defence of Sevastopol, Russia's first feature film, as well as Ladislas Starevich's ground-breaking stop motion animation. Khanzhonkov worked as a consultant in the post-revolutionary Goskino until he was banned from cinema in 1926.
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8 August 1877 Khanzhonkovka, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
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26 September 1945 (aged 68) Yalta, Crimean Oblast, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Leo |
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