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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Andrei Tarkovsky Biography (1932-1986)
Born April 4, 1932, in Zawrashje, Iwanowo, Russia; died of cancer, December 28, 1986, in Paris, France; son of Arseniy Tarkovsky (a poet); married Irma Rauch, 1960 (divorced 1963); married Larisa Tarkovskaya, 1964; children: (firstmarriage) two children; (second marriage) Andrei. Career: Director, screenwriter, editor, production designer, and actor. Worked as geological prospector, Siberia, 1954-56. Awards, Honors: Venice Film Festival, Lionof St. Mark Award, best film, 1962, for Ivan's Childhood; Cannes FilmFestival, International Critics Award, 1969, for Andrei Rublev; CannesFilm Festival, Grand Prize of the Jury Award, 1972, for Solaris; Merited Artistic Worker of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR), 1974; Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prize of the Jury Award, best screenplay, 1983, for Nostalghiya; Cannes Film Festival Award, Prize for First Work-Full Length Films, 1983; Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prix, 1986, for The Sacrifice; Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prize of the Jury Award, 1986,for Offret; British Academy Film and Television Arts Award, best foreign language film, 1988, for Offret..
- Nationality
- Russian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter, editor, designer, actor
- Birth Details
- April 4, 1932
- Zawrashje, Iwanowo, Russia
- Death Details
- December 28, 1986
- Paris, France
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Director, Unless Noted Otherwise
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Ubiitski (also known as The Killers), 1958
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Kontsentrat, 1958
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There Will Be No Leave Today (also known as Segodnia uvolneniiane budet; short), 1959
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Katok i skripka (also known as The Steamroller and the Violin,
The Skating Rink and the Violin, and Violin and Roller), 1960
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Ivanovo detstvo (also known as Ivan's Childhood,
Childhood of Ivan,
My Name is Ivan, and The Youngest Spy), 1962
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Andrei Rublev (also known as Andrej Rublijov and The Passion According to Saint Andrew), 1969
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Solyaris (also known as Solaris), Sci-Fi Pictures, Inc./Magna Distribution Corp., 1971
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Zerkalo (also known as The Mirror and White, White Day), 1975
- And production designer, Stalker, 1979
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Nostalghia (also known as Nostalgia), 1983
- And editor, Offret (also known as Offret-Sacrificato,
The Sacrifice and The Witch), Sandrews, 1986
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Film Appearances
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Mne Dvadtsat Let (also known as I am Twenty), 1964
- Himself, De weg naar Bresson (also known as The Road to Bresson), 1984
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Andrei Takovsky, 1984
- Himself, Gruppa Tovariscej, 1988
- Himself, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 1988
- Himself, The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky, 1989
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Television Work
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Director
- Directed Tempo di viaggio, 1983.
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Stage Work
- Director, Boris Godunov (opera), Covent Garden, London, 1983
- Also directed a production of Hamlet, 1976.
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Katok i skripka (also known as The Steamroller and the Violin,
The Skating Rink and the Violin, and Violin and Roller), 1960
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Andrei Rublev (also known as Andrej Rublijov and The Passion According to Saint Andrew), 1969
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Solyaris (also known as Solaris), Sci-Fi Pictures, Inc./Magna Distribution Corp., 1971
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Zerkalo (also known as The Mirror and White, White Day), 1975
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Stalker, 1979
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Nostalghia (also known as Nostalgia), 1983
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Offret (also known as Offret-Sacrificato,
The Sacrifice and The Witch), Sandrews, 1986
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Nonfiction
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Andrei Rublev, Paris, 1970
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Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema, London, 1986rev. ed.1989
- Also contributed to such periodicals as Sight and Sound.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
- Le Fanu, Mark, The Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, London, 1987.
- Leszcylowski, Michal, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986.
- Turovskaya, a, Tarkovsky: Cinema as Poetry, London, 1989.
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Directors: International Dictionary of Films and Filmakers-2, St.James Press, Chicago, IL, 1991.
Periodicals:
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Cineaste, October 1994, p. 55.
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Film Criticism, Spring 1984.
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Journal of European Studies, September 1993, p. 351.
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The New York Times, December 30, 1986, .
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Sight and Sound, Spring 1973; Summer, 1981; Spring 1987; Autumn 1987.
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