Andrei Konchalovsky

Andrei Konchalovsky

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.

Lena and Justice
2022
Producer
Dear Comrades!
2020
Director
Homo Sperans
2020
Director
Sin
2019
Script
Faith
2017
Producer
The Bottomless Bag
2017
Producer
Paradise
2016
Director
The Postman's White Nights
2014
Director
Battle for Ukraine
2012
Director
The Nutcracker
2010
Director
The Last Station
2009
Executive Producer
The Demons of St. Petersburg
2008
Idea
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
Gloss
2007
Director
Moscow Chill
2007
Producer
The Lion in Winter
2003
Director
House of Fools
2002
Director
Lumière & Company
1995
Director
Ryaba, My Chicken
1994
Director
The Inner Circle
1992
Director
The King of Ads
1991
Director
Tango & Cash
1989
Director
Homer and Eddie
1989
Director
Shy People
1987
Director
Duet for One
1986
Director
Runaway Train
1985
Director
Maria's Lovers
1984
Director
Split Cherry Tree
1982
Director
Siberiade
1979
Director
Trans-Siberian Express
1977
Writer
A Slave of Love
1976
Writer
Romance for Lovers
1974
Director
The Fierce One
1973
Writer
The Seventh Bullet
1973
Writer
Uncle Vanya
1970
Director
The End of Ataman
1970
Screenplay
A Nest of Gentry
1969
Director
The Song of Manshuk
1969
Writer
Tashkent, City of Bread
1968
Screenplay
Andrei Rublev
1966
Writer
The Story of Asya Klyachina, Who Loved, But Did Not Marry
1966
Director
The First Teacher
1965
Director
The Steamroller and the Violin
1961
Writer
The Boy and the Pigeon
1961
Director
Look at Me!
2024
Writer
Andrey Rublev. A Memory of the Film
2024
Age One Hundred
2023
self
Andrey Konchalovsky’s Cinema Odyssey
2023
Alone Anthology
2019
Producer
Russian Short. Issue 4
2019
Producer
The Vanja Earthquake
2019
My Dear Uncle
2017
Producer
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
Self
Tarkovsky: Time Within Time
2015
Self
Royal Paintbox
2014
Co-Producer
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
2014
Self
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012
Self
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
Andrei Konchalovski
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
2010
Stage Director
Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker'
2009
Self
Ballerina
2008
Seagull
2007
Director
Miss Julie
2007
Director
In the Dark
2007
Director
Konchalovsky. Stage
2007
self
Konchalovsky. Screen
2007
self
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
2007
Self
A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov
2006
Self
Culture is Destiny
2005
Screenplay
Geidar Aliev
2005
Director
Yuri Andropov
2004
Director
Psycho Path
2000
Self - Filmmaker
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Self
The Odyssey
1997
Director
An All Round Maid
1981
Director (uncredited)
Blood and Sweat
1979
Screenplay
One Life is Not Enough
1974
Screenplay
Fan
1973
Screenplay
We're Waiting for You, Lad
1972
Screenplay
Unexpected Joy
1972
Screenplay
The Three Andreis
1966
Self
I Am Twenty
1965
Yura, guest at Anya's party
Big "Wick"
1964
Author
Ivan's Childhood
1962
Screenplay
The Trial of Madmen
1961
Michael Hagger