Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and film theorist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in Soviet and world cinema. His films explored spiritual and metaphysical themes, and are noted for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery, and preoccupation with nature and memory.

List of awards won by Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and film theorist. During his career he received numerous awards, both for individual films and in recognition of his work. This list is most likely incomplete as only awards and

Andrei Tarkovsky filmography

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and film theorist. He directed several student films, co-directed a documentary, and was the author of numerous screenplays, both for his own films and for those of other directors

Ivan's Childhood

Ivan's Childhood, sometimes released as My Name Is Ivan in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konchalovsky and an uncredited Tarkovsky, it is based on Vladimir Bogomolov's 1957 short

Frege–Church ontology

The Frege–Church ontology is an ontology, a theory of existence. Everything is considered as being in three categories, object, name, or concept (sense). The ontology was developed by Alonzo Church based on ideas of Gottlob Frege to resolve some

The Killers (1956 film)

The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story The Killers by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky

Mirror (1975 film)

Mirror is a 1975 Russian art film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky. The film features Margarita Terekhova, Ignat

Tarkovsky (surname)

Tarkovsky is a Russian surname of Dagestani (Kumyk) and also Polish origin. The feminine form is Tarkovskaya. This surname may refer to:Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986), a Russian filmmaker Arseny Tarkovsky (1907–1989), a Russian poet and translator

Solaris (1972 film)

Solaris is a 1972 Soviet science fiction art film based on Stanisław Lem's 1961 novel of the same name. The film was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, and stars Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk. The electronic music score was performed

The Steamroller and the Violin

The Steamroller and the Violin, is a 1960 featurette directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and from a screenplay written by Andrei Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky. The film tells the story of the unlikely friendship of Sasha, a little boy, and Sergey, the

Pimelodella brasiliensis

Pimelodella brasiliensis is a species of three-barbeled catfish of the family Heptapteridae. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul river basin in Brazil, although there are unconfirmed records from elsewhere. This species reaches a total length of 18.0 cm