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Béla Tarr

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Béla Tarr in The Turin Horse (2011)
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
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Béla Tarr was born on 21 July 1955 in Pécs, Hungary. He is a producer and director, known for Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), The Turin Horse (2011) and Satantango (1994). He is married to Ágnes Hranitzky.
BornJuly 21, 1955
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BornJuly 21, 1955
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  • Awards
    • 24 wins & 10 nominations

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Béla Tarr in The Turin Horse (2011)

Known for

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Werckmeister Harmonies
8.0
  • Producer
  • 2000
The Turin Horse (2011)
The Turin Horse
7.7
  • Director
  • 2011
Satantango (1994)
Satantango
8.2
  • Director
  • 1994
Damnation (1988)
Damnation
7.7
  • Director
  • 1988

Credits

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Producer

  • Murmurs
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
  • Kati Vizmáthy Made Soup (2023)
    Kati Vizmáthy Made Soup
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Letters from the Ends of the World (2021)
    Letters from the Ends of the World
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Noomi Rapace in Lamb (2021)
    Lamb
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Paola makes a wish (2019)
    Paola makes a wish
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • The Confidence-Man (2018)
    The Confidence-Man
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Ivana Vojinovic, Clara Casagrande, and Marina Komsic in 3 Zene or (Waking Up from My Bosnian Dream) (2017)
    3 Zene or (Waking Up from My Bosnian Dream)
    • associate producer
    • 2017
  • Kisa iz vedra neba (2016)
    Kisa iz vedra neba
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Episode?
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Man in the Well (2016)
    Man in the Well
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • We Lost Our Memories
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Bosnian Dream (2015)
    Bosnian Dream
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Ministry of Memories (2015)
    Ministry of Memories
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Once a Chicken (2015)
    Once a Chicken
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2015
  • How I Quit Drinking and Became a Mother
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Ko Oh (2014)
    Ko Oh
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2014

Director

  • Missing People (2019)
    Missing People
    • Director
    • 2019
  • Muhamed (2017)
    Muhamed
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • The Turin Horse (2011)
    The Turin Horse
    • Director
    • 2011
  • The Man from London (2007)
    The Man from London
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Prologue (2004)
    Prologue
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Visions of Europe (2004)
    Visions of Europe
    • Director (segment Prologue)
    • 2004
  • Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
    Werckmeister Harmonies
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Utazás az Alföldön (1995)
    Utazás az Alföldön
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1995
  • Satantango (1994)
    Satantango
    • Director
    • 1994
  • City Life (1990)
    City Life
    • Director (segment : "Budapest - Au utolsó hajó/The Last Boat)
    • 1990
  • The Last Boat - City Life (1990)
    The Last Boat - City Life
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1990
  • Damnation (1988)
    Damnation
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Almanac of Fall (1984)
    Almanac of Fall
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Macbeth (1983)
    Macbeth
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • The Prefab People (1982)
    The Prefab People
    • Director
    • 1982

Additional Crew

  • The Heaviest Weight (2022)
    The Heaviest Weight
    • mentorship & guidance
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Under the God part 1
    • mentor
    • 2019
  • Under the God part 2 (2019)
    Under the God part 2
    • mentor for directing
    • 2019
  • Grbavica (2018)
    Grbavica
    • mentor
    • Video
    • 2018
  • J the film (2018)
    J the film
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Lejla (2017)
    Lejla
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Pool Version (2016)
    Pool Version
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Baba Vanga (2016)
    Baba Vanga
    • mentor
    • 2016
  • Dobro (2016)
    Dobro
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Papagajka (2016)
    Papagajka
    • mentor
    • 2016
  • Der Kübelreiter (2016)
    Der Kübelreiter
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Centaur (2015)
    Centaur
    • mentor
    • 2015
  • Razmak
    • consultation
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Pangaea (2015)
    Pangaea
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2015
  • What the Night Brings (2014)
    What the Night Brings
    • mentor
    • Short
    • 2014
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Tarr Béla
  • Born
    • July 21, 1955
    • Pécs, Hungary
  • Spouse
    • Ágnes Hranitzky? - present
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He originally wanted to be a philosopher and considered film making to be a hobby.
  • Quotes
    I have nothing to do with the filming community in Budapest. They don't like me, because I don't make conventional films. I can't talk with them about films, because I live and think differently than them. They are film makers and I am not. I don't know what I am.
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      Screenplay and/or source novel by László Krasznahorkai

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