Andrei Tarkovsky

Born

April 4, 1932

Died

December 29, 1986 (aged 54)

Known as

film director, actor, film editor, screenwriter, biographer, film actor

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky 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.

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