Aleksandr Melnik

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (Russian: Александр Владимирович Мельник; 11 June 1958, Chervonopartyzansk – 8 September 2021) was a Russian film director.

[1] Melnik graduated from Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, and worked for a time as a journalist and publisher.

Melnik died at the Kitabo-Oron waterfall (Big Irkindinsky waterfall), located in the western part of the Putorana Nature Reserve, 120 km from Norilsk,[3][4] together with the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev during the scouting of a filming location.

Zinichev died after he dove off the cliff to save Melnik, according to the ministry.

[5] Melnik's funeral service was held at the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi on 11 September 2021, and he was buried later that day in the village of Afineyevo, Moscow Oblast [ru], where he had lived.