Alan Badojew

Alan Kazbekovich Badoev (Ukrainian: Алан Казбекович Бадоєв ; born January 1981) is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter, and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained international recognition in 2006 with his awarded full-length movie debut "OrAngeLove" (Russian: Оранжевая любовь ). Today, Badoev is most notable for his prize-winning work as music video director. He has directed more than 500 music videos.

Alan Kazbekovich Badoev was born on January 10, 1981, in Beslan, North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He grew up in the city of Horlivka, Ukraine.

In 1998, he began his studies at the Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University and graduated in 2003. During his studies, he began to make documentaries, short films, and music videos (e.g. for Iryna Bilyk and Dmitri Klimashenko).

From 2003 to 2012, Badoev was married to Ukrainian TV presenter, actress, producer, and designer Zhanna Badoeva. They have a daughter, Lolita,[10] and he adopted Zhanna's son from her first marriage, Boris. In 2011 and 2017, Badoev and Zhanna Badoeva starred together as TV presenters in two seasons of the Ukrainian travel TV show Heads and Tails.[11]

In 2004, Badoev's father was taken hostage by a Chechen group in Beslan. According to Badoev, he sold most of his belongings to pay the ransom for his father's release.[12]

After February 24, 2022, the celebrity participated in the GIDNA project from Future for Ukraine Charity Foundation.

Badoev has directed more than 500 music videos for Ukrainian, Russian, and other international artists,[15] including:

Badoev is the music producer of several Ukrainian artists, most notably of the prize-winning singers Max Barskih and Tayanna.[115]