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
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Stalker (1979) — Director
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Solaris (1972) — Director
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Mirror (1975) — Director
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Andrei Rublev (1966) — Director
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Ivan's Childhood (1962) — Director
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The Sacrifice (1986) — Director
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Nostalgia (1983) — Director
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The Steamroller and the Violin (1961) — Director
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The Killers (1956) — Director
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Voyage in Time (1990) — Director
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There Will Be No Leave Today (1959) — Director
Also appeared in
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The Killers (1956) — 2nd customer
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Voyage in Time (1990) — Self
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I Am Twenty (1965) — guest at Anya's party
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There Will Be No Leave Today (1959) — Military engineer
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Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Moscow Elegy (1987) — Self (archive footage)
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Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988) — Self
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Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema (1984) — Himself
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One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999) — Self
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The Road to Bresson (1984) — Self
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Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker' (2009) — Self
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Sergey Lazo (1968) — Military Officer (uncredited)
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Islands (1987) — Himself (archive footage)
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Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia (1984) — Self
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Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky (2008) — Self (archive footage)
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Islands: Georgy Rerberg (2007) — Self
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The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky (1988) — Self
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The Three Andreis (1966) — Self
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Andrei Tarkovsky: Poetry and Truth (1999) — Himself (archive footage)
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Andrei Tarkovsky: Hard to Be a God (2019) — Self (archive footage)
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Lighting (1988) — Self
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Daedalus (2024) — Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
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Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- On the Set of «Andrey Rublev» (1967)
- Andrey Tarkovsky & Sergey Paradzhanov: Islands (2003)
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Tarkovsky: A Journey to His Beginning (1996) — Self
- Let Me See (2012) — Self
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Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky (2012) — Self (archive footage)
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Building Images: Anna Asp on Scenography (1990) — Self
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Cinema Is a Mosaic Made of Time (1984) — Himself
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Alone (2020) — Narrator
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Tarkovsky: Time Within Time (2015) — Self
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Death (2024) — Self (voice)
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Alisa Freyndlikh (1979) — Self
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A Letter to Tarkovsky (2016) — Self (archive footage)
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My God! I Feel Your Presence Approaching! (2023) — (archive)
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer (1994) — Self
- The Case of Artur Makarov (2000) — self
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Legends of Cinema (2016) — Self (archive footage)