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Andrei Tarkovsky

Also known as Andrej Tarkovskij, Andrei Tarkovski, Andrej Tarkovszkij, And. Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ, Andrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskĭi, Andrei Tarkovskij, Andreĭ Arsenévich Tarkovskiĭ

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)

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Andrei Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker and theorist (1932–1986) who worked across film, theatre, and opera and is considered one of the most influential directors in cinema history. His innovative visual style and philosophical approach to filmmaking shaped modern cinema and continue to influence artists and filmmakers worldwide.

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Time within Time
Andrei Tarkovsky
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Zavrazhye, USSR

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…

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Daedalus — Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)2024
Death — Self (voice)2024
My God! I Feel Your Presence Approaching! — (archive)2023
Morceaux de Cannes2021
Alone — Narrator2020
Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2019
Andrei Tarkovsky: Hard to Be a God — Self (archive footage)2019
A Letter to Tarkovsky — Self (archive footage)2016
Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2016
Tarkovsky: Time Within Time — Self2015

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Instance of: human
Given name: Andrey
Gender: male
Citizenship: Italy
Place of birth: Zavrazhye
Place of death: Paris
Father: Arseny Tarkovsky
Educated at: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Employer: Mosfilm
Languages spoken: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Award: Golden Eagle Awards
Notable work: The Mirror
Field of work: acting
Image: Andrei tarkovsky stamp russia 2007.jpg
Residence: Paris

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Commons category: Andrey Tarkovsky
cause of death: lung cancer
date of birth: 1932-04-04
date of death: 1986-12-28
place of burial: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
topic's main category: Category:Andrei Tarkovsky
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1958-00-00
name in native language: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский
related category: Category:Films directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
end of work period: 1986-00-00
birth name: Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky
archives at: Tabakalera

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Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, pronounced [ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj] ; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery and preoccupation with nature and memory.

Tarkovsky studied film at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography under filmmaker Mikhail Romm and subsequently directed his first five features in the Soviet Union: Ivan's Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), and Stalker (1979). After years of creative conflict with state film authorities, he left the country in 1979 and made his final two films—Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986)—abroad. In 1986, he published Sculpting in Time, a book about cinema and art. He died later that year of cancer, a condition possibly caused by the toxic locations used in the filming of Stalker.

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