What is Aleksandr Melnik?
[[File:Мельник Александр Владимирович.jpg|right|200px]] '''Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik''' ({{lang-ru|Александр Владимирович Мельник}}; 11 June 1958 – 8 September 2021) was a Russian movie director.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ria.ru/20210908/melnik-1749180714.html|title=Глава МЧС Зиничев погиб, спасая кинорежиссера Александра Мельника|language=Russian|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021}}</ref> His best known works were ''[[Terra Nova (2008 movie)|Terra Nova]]'' (2008) and ''[[Territory (2015 movie)|Territory]]'' (2015). Melnik died after slipping and falling at the Kitabo-Oron waterfall near [[Norilsk]], [[Russia]] on 8 September 2021 at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/6138b4c99a79477ff06de33d|title=Названо место гибели главы МЧС|language=Russian|publisher=[[RBK Group]]|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/08/09/2021/61387ed99a7947660dc0f416|title=Росбизнесконсалтинг, 8 сентября 2021. Погиб глава МЧС Евгений Зиничев|language=Russian|publisher=[[RBK Group]]|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021}}</ref> Head of the [[Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)|Ministry of Emergency Situations]] [[Yevgeny Zinichev]] tried to rescue Melnik, however Zinichev also fell to his death.<ref> {{cite news|first=Valerie |last=Hopkins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/world/europe/yevgeny-zinichev-dead.html|title=Senior Russian Minister Dies During Drill|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021}} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Melnik, Aleksandr}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] [[Category:Russian movie directors]] [[Category:Russian movie producers]] [[Category:Russian screenwriters]] {{bio-stub}}