List of works by Andrei Tarkovsky

Born in the Soviet Union, Tarkovsky began his career at the State Institute of Cinematography, where he directed several student films.

[5] In 1956, he made his directorial debut with the student film The Killers, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's eponymous short story.

[9] In 1972, he directed the science fiction film Solaris, which was a response to what Tarkovsky saw as the "phoniness" of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

[10] Solaris was loosely based on the novel of the same title by Stanislaw Lem and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

[15] At the Cannes Film Festival, Nostalghia was awarded the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury but was blocked from receiving the Palme d'Or by Soviet authorities.

Tarkovsky on a 2007 Russian stamp
Red blocky text reading "SOLARIS"
The logo for Solaris (1972)
The ruins of a roofless 13-century abbey, the Abbey of San Galgano were used in the filming of 1983's Nostalghia
The ruins of the 13-century Abbey of San Galgano were used in the filming of Nostalghia (1983). [ 20 ]
A 1985 mugshot of Tarkovsky taken in Italy
1985 mug shot of Tarkovsky at an Italian refugee camp, after leaving the Soviet Union