Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932) | Birthdays | Apr 4, 1932

Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is considered to be the most important Soviet moviemaker since Sergei Eisenstein. Tarkovsky was the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky and studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to international attention with his debut feature, Ivan’s Childhood (1962), which won the ….