Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and poet.
* He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinema history.
* His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes, and are noted for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery, and preoccupation with nature and memory.
* Tarkovsky directed seven feature films during his career, including Ivan's Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), Stalker (1979), Nostalghia (1983), and The Sacrifice (1986).
* Tarkovsky's films were often censored by the Soviet government, and he was eventually forced to leave the Soviet Union in 1984.
* He died of lung cancer in 1986 at the age of 54.
* Tarkovsky's films continue to be studied and admired by filmmakers and film critics around the world.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in the history of cinema.