Editing Andrei Tarkovsky (section)

==Filmography==
{{main|Andrei Tarkovsky filmography}}
Tarkovsky is mainly known as a film director. During his career he directed seven feature films, as well as three shorts from his time at VGIK. His features are:
* ''[[Ivan's Childhood]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Mirror (1975 film)|Mirror]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Stalker (1979 film)|Stalker]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Nostalghia]]'' (1983)
* ''[[The Sacrifice (1986 film)|The Sacrifice]]'' (1986)

He also wrote several screenplays. Furthermore, he directed the play ''[[Hamlet]]'' for the stage in Moscow, directed the opera ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' in London, and he directed a radio production of the short story ''Turnabout'' by [[William Faulkner]]. He also wrote ''[[Sculpting in Time]]'', a book on film theory.

Tarkovsky's first feature film was ''[[Ivan's Childhood]]'' in 1962. He then directed ''[[Andrei Rublev (film)|Andrei Rublev]]'' in 1966, ''[[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]]'' in 1972, ''[[Mirror (1975 film)|Mirror]]'' in 1975 and ''[[Stalker (1979 film)|Stalker]]'' in 1979. The documentary ''[[Voyage in Time]]'' was produced in Italy in 1982, as was ''[[Nostalghia]]'' in 1983. His last film ''[[The Sacrifice (1986 film)|The Sacrifice]]'' was produced in Sweden in 1986. Tarkovsky was personally involved in writing the screenplays for all his films, sometimes with a cowriter. Tarkovsky once said that a director who realizes somebody else's screenplay without being involved in it becomes a mere illustrator, resulting in dead and monotonous films.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tarkovsky |first=Andrei |title=Lectures on Film Directing (notes from classes taught by Tarkovsky at the State Institute of Cinematography) |journal=Iskusstvo Kino |year=1990 |url=http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Directing.html |access-date=14 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804052531/http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Directing.html |archive-date=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Illg |first=Jerzy |title=Z Andriejem Tarkowskim rozmawiają Jerzy Illg, Leonard Neuger |journal=Res Publica |volume=1 |pages=137–160 |year=1987 |url=http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/interview.html |access-date=16 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116155850/http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/interview.html |archive-date=16 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>