Alexander Avilov

Born in Leningrad, Aleksandr started as an assistant director and assistant operator at the Saint-Petersburg documentary film studio in 1993. He graduated from the Saint-Petersburg Institute of Culture in 1997 and completed a special course in co-production and journalistic investigation at the Baltic Media Centre in Denmark in 1999.

Since then he has directed for various TV channels, including Kultura, Rossiya, NTV, Channel 5, etc. Aleksandr has made more than a hundred documentaries and TV programmes and won numerous international film and television awards.

He has worked for RTD since 2012.

Films with this author

Human Rights

Albino Africa. Assaulted and maimed for the colour of their skin
Society

Sex, Drugs & Refugees. Syrian teenagers in Athens resort to prostitution to survive
Traditions

She is My Son. Afghanistan’s Bacha Posh, when girls become boys
Human Rights

Testing Tolerance . Swedes are saying ‘enough’, to immigrant no-go zones, sharia law & gang rapes
Society

SOS: Sold Out Slaves. Kenya's growing child prostitution crisis
Society

Migingo: The Iron-clad Island. The most densely populated island in Africa
Investigation

Kidney Valley. Nepalese villagers preyed upon by a thriving organ black market
Lifestyle

The Good, The Bad and the Loco. Bolivia’s female wrestlers in national costume
Arts & Culture

Ballet, Sweat and Tears. The painful journey from young hopeful to prima ballerina
Professions

Saviour St. Young paramedics brave El Salvador gang violence to save lives
Military and War

Vietnam: My Orange Pain. Devastating consequences of the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War
Meeting with nature

When an Elephant Smiles. Saving orphaned baby elephants amid massive scale ivory poaching in Africa
Lifestyle

Madman of the Cathedral. Former monk spends 50 years building a church on his own
Personalities

Jungle M.D. Brazilian neurosurgeon’s quest to help indigenous tribes and save the Amazon rainforest
Travel and Adventure

Arctic Prospects. On board the Russian research vessel heading to the Arctic Circle
Travel and Adventure

Kilimanjaro Challenge. Three disabled men reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
Meeting with nature

Saving seals
Society

Occupy Tower. Living in the world’s tallest slum - the "Tower of David"
Religion

The Way of The Cross. Egypt’s Coptic Christians under pressure after the Arab Spring
Investigation

On the golden breadline
Sport

Dope: The New Proxy War. Sport scandal or political game?
Travel and Adventure

Train to New Year
Arts & Culture

Secret Hermitage helpers
Health

Cold turkey in Kyrgyzstan