Andrei Tarkovsky

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-04-04 (54 years old)

Deathday

1986-12-29

Place of Birth

Zavrazhye, USSR

Andrei Tarkovsky

Biography

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (April 4, 1932 – December 29, 1986) was a Soviet filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century. Tarkovsky's films include Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror and Stalker. They are characterized by spirituality and metaphysical themes, long takes, lack of conventional dramatic structure and plot, and distinctively authored use of cinematography.

Acting

1990

1956

The Killers

as 2nd customer

1987

Moscow Elegy

as Self (archive footage)

1987

Islands

as Himself (archive footage)

1988

Lighting

as Self

2012

Let Me See

as Self

2024

Daedalus

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

2012

Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self (archive footage)

1965

I Am Twenty

as guest at Anya's party

2008

Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self (archive footage)

1959

There Will Be No Leave Today

as Military engineer

2019

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2020

Alone

as Narrator

1999

Andrei Tarkovsky: Poetry and Truth

as Himself (archive footage)

1968

Sergey Lazo

as Military Officer (uncredited)

2024

Death

as Himself (voice)

1979

2019

Andrei Tarkovsky: Hard to Be a God

as Self (archive footage)

2016

A Letter to Tarkovsky

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1983

Nostalgia

as Screenplay

1979

Stalker

as Director

1983

Nostalgia

as Director

1972

Solaris

as Screenplay

1972

Solaris

as Director

1966

Andrei Rublev

as Director

1966

Andrei Rublev

as Writer

1986

The Sacrifice

as Director

1986

The Sacrifice

as Screenplay

1962

Ivan's Childhood

as Director

1990

1990

Voyage in Time

as Director

1956

The Killers

as Scenario Writer

1956

The Killers

as Director

1968

Sergey Lazo

as Writer

1975

Mirror

as Writer

1990

Boris Godunov

as Production Director

1973

1974

Sour Grape

as Writer

1986

The Sacrifice

as Editor

1979

Stalker

as Screenplay

1979

Stalker

as Production Design

1990

Boris Godunov

as Stage Director

2009

Antichrist

as In Memory Of

1987

Wings of Desire

as In Memory Of

1970

The End of Ataman

as Screenplay

1975

Mirror

as Director

1979

Look Out, Snakes!

as Screenplay

1965

The First Teacher

as Writers' Assistant

1962

Ivan's Childhood

as Screenplay

1974

Sour Grape

as Editor

1968

Sergey Lazo

as Editor

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