Andrei Konchalovsky

Regissör, Författare, Skådespelare, Producent

20 augusti 1937 (88 år)
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 frequent collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky (1932) earlier in his career. His work has 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 studied for ten years at the Moscow Conservatory, preparing for a pianist's career. In 1960, however, he met Andrei Tarkovsky and co-scripted his movie Andrei Rublev (1966). His first full-length feature, The First Teacher (1964), was favourably received in the Soviet Union and screened by numerous film festivals abroad. His second film, Asya Klyachina's Story (1967), was suppressed by Soviet authorities. When issued twenty years later, it was acclaimed as his masterpiece. Thereupon, Konchalovsky filmed adaptations of Ivan Turgenev's A Nest of Gentle Folk (1969) and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1970), with Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the title role. His epic Siberiade upon its 1979 release was favourably received at Cannes and made possible his move to the United States in 1980.

His most popular Hollywood releases are Maria's Lovers (1984), Runaway Train (1985), based on a script by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, and Tango & Cash (1989), starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. In the 1990s, Konchalovsky returned to Russia, although he occasionally produced historical films for U.S. television, such as his adaption of The Odyssey (1997) and the award-winning remake, The Lion in Winter (2003).

Konchalovsky's full-length feature, House of Fools (2003), with a cameo role by Bryan Adams as himself, set in a Chechen psychiatric asylum during the war, won him a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Konchalovsky released a longtime passion project of his, The Nutcracker in 3D, a musical adaptation of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet. A musical film, it mixed live action and 3D animation, and starred Elle Fanning, John Turturro, Nathan Lane, and Richard E. Grant. The film was scored with music from the ballet, with additional lyrics by Tim Rice. In 2012, Konchalovsky wrote, directed and produced "The Battle for Ukraine", which provided an in depth analysis of how Ukraine to this day struggles to escape from the close embrace of its former big brother. His film "The Postman's White Nights" won the Silver Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. The script is centred around the true story of Aleksey Tryaptisyn, a real life postman based in a remote Russian village surrounding the Kenozero lake. In 2016 "Paradise" directed by him won the Silver Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. In 2020 at the 77th Venice film festival, his film "Dear Comrades" won a special jury prize.

Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • Ivans barndom
    Ivans barndom1962
  • Odysséen
    Odysséen2 episodes
  • Marias älskare
    Marias älskare1984

Känd för

  • Tango & Cash
    Tango & Cash1989
  • Runaway Train
    Runaway Train1985
  • Den yttersta domen - livsdramat Andrej Rubljov
    Den yttersta domen - livsdramat Andrej Rubljov1966
  • Odysséen
    Odysséen2 episodes
  • Kamrater!
    Kamrater!2020
  • Ivans barndom
    Ivans barndom1962
  • Vägvälten och fiolen
    Vägvälten och fiolen1961
  • House of Fools
    House of Fools2002
  • The Last Station
    The Last Station2009
  • Nötknäpparen
    Nötknäpparen2010
  • The Postman's White Nights
    The Postman's White Nights2014
  • Sången om Sibirien
    Sången om Sibirien1979
  • Marias älskare
    Marias älskare1984
  • Paradise
    Paradise2016
  • The Lion in Winter
    The Lion in Winter2003
  • Den innersta kretsen
    Den innersta kretsen1991
  • Homer and Eddie
    Homer and Eddie1989
  • Shy People
    Shy People1987
  • Gloss
    Gloss2007
  • Duet for One
    Duet for One1986

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