Aleksandr Melnik

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (Russian: Александр Владимирович Мельник; 11 June 1958 – 8 September 2021) was a Russian movie director.^[1] His best known works were Terra Nova (2008) and 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.^[2][3] Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev tried to rescue Melnik, however Zinichev also fell to his death.^[4]