Alla Surikova

Alla Ilinichna Surikova (; born November 6, 1940, in Kyiv) is a Soviet and Russian film director, writer, and teacher.

She is a People's Artist of Russia (2000), winner of the Award of the Government of the Russian Federation (2009), and a member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers.

She is best known as the director of the Red Western comedy film A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines which starred famous Soviet actors including Andrei Mironov, Aleksandra Yakovleva, Nikolai Karachentsov, Oleg Tabakov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Boyarsky and Igor Kvasha.

Selected filmography Fuss of the Fusses (Суета сует, 1979) Be My Husband (Будьте моим мужем, 1982) Look for a Woman (Ищите женщину, 1983) Sincerely Yours... (Искренне Ваш..., 1985) A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (1987) Two arrows. Stone Age Detective (Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века, 1989) Crazies (Чокнутые, 1991) Moscow Vacation (Московские каникулы, 1995) Children of Monday (Дети понедельника, 1997) I Want to Go to Prison (Хочу в тюрьму, 1998)