FILM DIRECTOR

Andrei Tarkovsky

1932 - 1986

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrei Tarkovsky is the 21st most popular film director (down from 15th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Russia (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Film Director.

Andrey Tarkovsky is most famous for his films. He made a lot of them and they are all very different from each other. He was also a photographer and a poet.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Andrei Tarkovsky ranks 21 out of 2,041. Before him are Pedro Almodóvar, Leni Riefenstahl, Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci, Luchino Visconti, and Luis Buñuel. After him are Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, François Truffaut, Cecil B. DeMille, Miloš Forman, and George Lucas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Andrei Tarkovsky ranks 7. Before him are Umberto Eco, Manmohan Singh, Jacques Chirac, Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, and Sheldon Lee Glashow. After him are Omar Sharif, François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, John Williams, and Cesare Maldini. Among people deceased in 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky ranks 6. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, Jorge Luis Borges, Wallis Simpson, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Olof Palme. After him are Cary Grant, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, and Robert S. Mulliken.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Tarkovsky ranks 64 out of 3,761. Before him are Georg Cantor (1845), Rurik (830), Peter Kropotkin (1842), Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Otto Wallach (1847), and Yaroslav the Wise (978). After him are Andrei Sakharov (1921), Boris Spassky (1937), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Vladimir the Great (958), and Rudolf Nureyev (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Andrei Tarkovsky ranks 1. After him are Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Elem Klimov (1933), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), and Ladislas Starevich (1882).

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