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Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

Director · 1932–1986 · Zavrazhye, USSR

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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.

Directed 12

1990s

  1. 1990

    Voyage in Time

    Director

  2. Boris Godunov

    Stage Director

1960s

  1. 1966

    Andrei Rublev

    Director

    84
  2. 1962

    Ivan's Childhood

    Director

    85
  3. 1961

    The Steamroller and the Violin

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    There Will Be No Leave Today

    Director

  2. 1956

    The Killers

    Director

Wrote 17

1990s

  1. 1994

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer

    Writer

  2. 1990

    Voyage in Time

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Look Out, Snakes!

    Screenplay

  2. Stalker

    Screenplay

    85
  3. 1975

    Mirror

    Writer

    84
  4. 1974

    Sour Grapes

    Writer

  5. 1972

    Solaris

    Screenplay

    84

1960s

  1. 1969

    One Chance in One Thousand

    Screenplay

  2. 1968

    Sergey Lazo

    Writer

  3. 1966

    Andrei Rublev

    Writer

    84
  4. 1965

    The First Teacher

    Writers' Assistant

  5. 1962

    Ivan's Childhood

    Screenplay

    85
  6. 1961

    The Steamroller and the Violin

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1959

    There Will Be No Leave Today

    Writer

  2. 1956

    The Killers

    Scenario Writer

Acted in 7

2020s

  1. 2024

    Daedalus

    Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

  2. 2023

    My God! I Feel Your Presence Approaching!

    (archive)

  3. 2021

    Morceaux de Cannes

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1968

    Sergey Lazo

    Military Officer (uncredited)

  2. 1965

    I Am Twenty

    guest at Anya's party

1950s

  1. 1959

    There Will Be No Leave Today

    Military engineer

  2. 1956

    The Killers

    2nd customer

Edited 3

1970s

  1. 1974

    Sour Grapes

    Editor

1960s

  1. 1968

    Sergey Lazo

    Editor

Other crew 2

Produced 1

1990s

  1. 1990

    Boris Godunov

    Production Director

Art department 1

Appearances30

2020s

  1. 2024

    Death

    Self (voice)

  2. 2020

    Alone

    Narrator

2010s

  1. 2019

    Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  2. Andrei Tarkovsky: Hard to Be a God

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Going to Hell

    Self (Archive Footage)

  4. 2016

    Legends of Cinema

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

  5. A Letter to Tarkovsky

    Self (archive footage)

  6. 2015

    Tarkovsky: Time Within Time

    Self

  7. 2012

    Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2009

    Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker'

    Self

  2. 2008

    Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2007

    Islands: Georgy Rerberg

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

    Self

  2. Andrei Tarkovsky: Poetry and Truth

    Himself (archive footage)

  3. 1996

    Andrei Tarkovsky: The Reminiscence

    Self (archive photos/footage)

  4. Tarkovsky: A Journey to His Beginning

    Self

  5. 1994

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer

    Self

  6. 1990

    Building Images: Anna Asp on Scenography

    Self

  7. Voyage in Time

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

    Self

  2. The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

    Self

  3. Lighting

    Self

  4. 1987

    Moscow Elegy

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Islands

    Himself (archive footage)

  6. 1984

    The Road to Bresson

    Self

  7. Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema

    Himself

  8. Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia

    Self

  9. Cinema Is a Mosaic Made of Time

    Himself

1970s

  1. 1979

    Alisa Freyndlikh

    Self

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Three Andreis

    Self

Thanked in the credits4