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Andrei Konchalovsky
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Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer
Andrei Konchalovsky is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker who has worked as a director, screenwriter, and producer across his career. He is significant in cinema history for his contributions to Soviet and Russian film during and after the Cold War era.
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Film & TV
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский; born 20 August 1937, Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, producer and theater, TV director, who works in Russia and USA. His father was the writer Sergey Mikhalkov (1913) and the brother of Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), who is also a well known Russian filmmaker. Andrei Konchalovsky was a…
Known for
- Andrey Rublev. A Memory of the Film2024
- Age One Hundred — self2023
- Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey2023
- The Vanja Earthquake2019
- Revolution: New Art for a New World — Self2017
- 10 самых... — Self (archive footage)2016
- Tarkovsky: Time Within Time — Self2015
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films — Self2014
- Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky — Self2013
- Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky — Self2012
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Spouse
- Julia Vysotskaya
- Father
- Sergey Mikhalkov
- Sibling
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Family
- Mikhalkov
- Official website
- konchalovsky.ru
- Image
- 2023 Andrei Konchalovsky (cropped).jpg
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- Andrei Konchalovsky
- date of birth
- 1937-08-20
- name in native language
- Андрей Сергеевич Кончаловский
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- birth name
- Андрей Сергеевич Михалков
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
- social media followers
- 204000
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- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrei Sergeyevich Konchalovsky (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Кончаловский; né Mikhalkov; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian cinema. Early in his career, he was a screenwriting collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky. His film credits include Uncle Vanya (1970), Siberiade (1979), House of Fools (2002), The Postman's White Nights (2014), Paradise (2016), and Dear Comrades! (2020). During the 1980's, he resided in the United States, where he directed films such as Maria's Lovers (1984), Runaway Train (1985), Shy People (1987), and Tango & Cash (1989). He also directed the 1997 miniseries adaptation of the ancient Greek narrative The Odyssey.
His films have won numerous accolades, including the Cannes Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, a FIPRESCI Award, two Silver Lions, three Golden Eagle Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He is the laureate of several civil honours in Russia and abroad, including the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", a National Order of the Legion of Honour, a French Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, a Cavalier of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a People's Artist of the RSFSR.
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