Film director · Russia · 1932–1986
Andrei Tarkovsky Life & Career Timeline
Seven feature films that transformed cinematic time, memory and faith.
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Andrei Tarkovsky created an intensely personal cinema from Ivan’s Childhood to Stalker and The Sacrifice.
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Born in the Soviet Union
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was born into a literary family.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comEnters VGIK
Tarkovsky studied directing under Mikhail Romm at the state film institute.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comThe Killers
A student adaptation of Hemingway became one of his first surviving films.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comThe Steamroller and the Violin
His diploma film won a student-film prize in New York.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comIvan’s Childhood
His feature debut won the Golden Lion at Venice.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comAndrei Rublev
The historical epic explored art, faith and violence and faced years of censorship.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comAndrei Rublev reaches Cannes
A shortened version received the FIPRESCI prize.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comSolaris
Tarkovsky transformed science fiction into a meditation on memory and grief.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comMirror
Autobiography, dreams and history merged in his most personal film.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comStalker
The Zone became one of cinema’s most influential philosophical landscapes.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comDirects opera in London
Tarkovsky staged Boris Godunov at the Royal Opera House.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comNostalghia begins
Work in Italy opened his final creative period outside the Soviet Union.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comNostalghia at Cannes
The film shared the festival’s Best Director prize.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comAnnounces exile
Tarkovsky declared that he would not return to the Soviet Union.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comThe Sacrifice
He collaborated with members of Ingmar Bergman’s creative team.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comGrand Prix at Cannes
The Sacrifice won the Grand Prix and three additional Cannes honours.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comDies in Paris
Tarkovsky died aged 54 after completing seven feature films.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comLegacy commemorated
A Russian stamp and continuing retrospectives marked his enduring global influence.
Source: www.festival-cannes.comThis educational timeline is not endorsed by or affiliated with Andrei Tarkovsky or their representatives. Event text is original editorial copy based on the linked sources.
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