Alexander Ilyich Gutman (Russian: ??????´??? ????´? ??´????; January 29, 1945 – February 17, 2016), also spelt as Alexandre Goutman and Aleksandr Gutman, was a Russian film director of Jewish origin.
During a 30-year career, Gutman shot over 50 documentary films, 13 of them as film director.
He won awards at several Russian and international film festivals.He graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute (now known as St.
Petersburg State Polytechnic University) (1968) and VGIK (1978).