Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986)

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The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood (1962), which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. This ... See full bio »

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Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 26 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards »

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 1994 Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer (TV Movie documentary) (unpublished short story script)
 1986 The Sacrifice (written by - as Andrei Tarkovskij)
 1983 Voyage in Time (TV Movie documentary) (uncredited)
 1983 Nostalgia (screenplay - as Andrey Tarkovsky)
 1979 Stalker (screenplay - uncredited)
 1975 Mirror (as Andrey Tarkovskiy)
 1974 Sour Grapes (uncredited)
 1974 The Fierce One (uncredited)
 1972 Solaris (screenplay - as A. Tarkovskiy)
 1971 The End of the Ataman (uncredited)
 1969 One Chance in a Thousand (writer - as A. Tarkovsky)
 1967 Sergey Lazo (uncredited)
 1966 Andrei Rublev (as Andrey Tarkovskiy)
 1962 Ivan's Childhood (uncredited)
 1959 There Will Be No Leave Today (TV Movie) (screenplay - as A. Tarkovsky)
 1956 Murderers (Short) (screenplay - as A. Tarkovskiy)
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Other Works:

Screenplay treatment (short story): "The Concentrate" (or "The Extract") (orig. Russian: "Konsentrat") (6 handwritten pages), based on Tarkovsky's year-long experiences working as an assistant with a state-guarded secret scientific research expedition to the Siberian taiga at the river Kureikye near Turukhansk in the ... See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Biographical Movies | 11 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 7 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Andrej | Andrei Tarkovski | Andreï Tarkovski | Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovskii | Andrei Tarkovskij | A. Tarkovskiy | Andrey Tarkovskiy | A. Tarkovsky | Andrei Andreevich Tarkovsky | Andrey Tarkovsky

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Spouse:

Larisa Tarkovskaya  (his death)  (1 child) | See more »

Parents:

Arseny Tarkovsky | Maria Vishnyakova

Relatives:

Alexandr Tarkovsky (grandparent) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

Instead of attempting to capture these nuances, most unpretentious 'true-to-life' films not only ignore them but make a point of using sharp, overstated images which at best can only make the picture seem far-fetched. And I am all for cinema being as close as possible to life - even if on occasion we have failed to see how beautiful life really is. See more »

Trivia:

In Tarkovsky's last days, photographs of his three-month-old son Sasha were brought to the hospital, but he never saw the baby in person, as Sasha's mother Inger Pehrsson didn't visit him. See more »

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