Andrei Konchalovsky

Directing·Aug 20, 1937·Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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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.

Film	Credit
Homo Sperans2020 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Dear Comrades!2020 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Sin2019 · Writer, Director, Screenplay	Writer, Director, Screenplay
Paradise2016 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Postman's White Nights2014 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
Battle for Ukraine2012 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Nutcracker2010 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov2010 · Director	Director
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Gloss2007 · beaten intellectual, Director, Screenplay, Producer	beaten intellectual, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Seagull2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AAll Tickets Sold Out2007 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Miss Julie2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Geidar Aliev2005 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
Yuri Andropov2004 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Lion in Winter2003 · Director	Director
House of Fools2002 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Lumière & Company1995 · Director	Director
Ryaba, My Chicken1994 · клиент в парикмахерской (в титрах не указан), Director, Writer, Producer	клиент в парикмахерской (в титрах не указан), Director, Writer, Producer
The Inner Circle1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The King of Ads1991 · Director	Director
Tango & Cash1989 · Director	Director
Homer and Eddie1989 · Director	Director
Shy People1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Duet for One1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Runaway Train1985 · Director	Director
Maria's Lovers1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Split Cherry Tree1982 · Director	Director
Siberiade1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Romance for Lovers1974 · (uncredited), Director	(uncredited), Director
Uncle Vanya1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Nest of Gentry1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Story of Asya Klyachina, Who Loved, But Did Not Marry1966 · Director	Director
The First Teacher1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Boy and the Pigeon1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
QQuarantine Russian StyleDirector, Producer	Director, Producer