Béla Tarr

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-07-21 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Pécs, Hungary

Béla Tarr

Biography

Béla Tarr (born July 21, 1955) is an acclaimed Hungarian film director. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements and a pessimistic view of humanity. His films utilize unconventional storytelling methods, such as long takes and/or non-professional actors to achieve realism. Debuting with his film Family Nest in 1979, Tarr underwent a period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling mundane stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité. Over the next decade, the cinematography of Tarr's films gradually changed; Damnation (1988) was shot with languid camera movement aimed at establishing ambience...

Production

1988

Damnation

as Director

1988

Damnation

as Writer

2001

2001

2007

The Man from London

as Screenplay

2007

1994

Satantango

as Screenplay

2004

1982

1982

1995

1979

Family Nest

as Writer

1979

Family Nest

as Director

2011

The Turin Horse

as Screenplay

2011

The Turin Horse

as Director

2005

Johanna

as Producer

1984

1984

Autumn Almanac

as Director

2021

Lamb

as Executive Producer

1978

Hotel Magnezit

as Director

1978

1990

City Life

as Director

1981

The Outsider

as Director

1981

The Outsider

as Writer

1990

The Last Boat

as Writer

1990

The Last Boat

as Director

1982

Macbeth

as Director

2017

Aragane

as Consulting Producer

2012

Hungary 2011

as Producer

-

Coda

as Producer

1982

Macbeth

as Screenplay

2004

Prologue

as Director

1998

Passion

as Writer

2017

Muhamed

as Director

2023

Coda

as Producer

2017

Muhamed

as Writer

2018

The Tree

as Thanks

2001

Werckmeister Harmonies

as Associate Producer

2007

The Man from London

as Associate Producer

2023

Deer Bell

as Producer

2018

The Confidence-Man

as Executive Producer

2016

Man in the Well

as Producer

2022

Isten hozott

as Thanks

2014

Lost in Bosnia

as Executive Producer

2024

Árni

as Creative Producer

1981

Diplomafilm

as Director

1981

Diplomafilm

as Script

2019

Missing People

as Director

2019

2007

Fragment

as Producer

2014

Conniving

as Producer

1994

Satantango

as Director

1979

Cinemarxism

as Director

2024

Rumours

as Thanks

2025

Living Stones

as Executive Producer

-

Be Water My Friend

as Consulting Accountant

2025

Lullaby for the Mountains

as Executive Producer

-

Places Half Empty

as Executive Producer

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