Director, producer, actor, screenwriter
Known as the producer of the film “Viy,” the highest-grossing Russian film of 2014.
In 2011, A. A. Petrukhin acted as a director, his debut work was called “To be or not to be.” The film was shot in a record 2.5 days. The premiere took place as part of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival in the program of Russian cinema.
The second film directed by Alexey Petrukhin,
"Uchilka" ("The Teacher") was successfully shown at the XXIII Window to Europe Film Festival in Vyborg. The film was awarded the Golden Boat prize for first place in the Vyborg Account program, and the leading actress, Irina Kupchenko, received the main prize of the festival. The film also won the audience award.
In 2017, Alexey Petrukhin, as a director, shot the film
"Poslednee Ispytanie" ("The Last Test"), where he touched on one of the most painful topics of modern society - the problem of terrorism.