Andrei Konchalovsky

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Andrei Konchalovsky
Born	Andron Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky 20 August 1937 (1937-08-20) (age 71) Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1964-present
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Andrey Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский) (born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Born as Andron in Moscow, Soviet Russia to an aristocratic family of Mikhalkovs with centuries-old artistic and aristocratic roots, he changed his first name to Andrei and took his maternal grandfather's surname as a pseudonym. He is the brother of Nikita Mikhalkov and the son of Sergei Mikhalkov.

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).

[edit] Career

His first full-length feature, The First Teacher (1964), was favourably received in USSR 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 (1971), 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 Runaway Train (1985), based on Kurosawa's original script, 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 the spectacular The Odyssey (1997) and the award-winning remake, The Lion in Winter (2003).

Konchalovsky's latest full-length feature, House of Fools (2003, with a cameo role by Bryan Adams playing himself) set in a Chechen psychiatric asylum during the war, won him a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

[edit] Personal life

Konchalovsky has been married multiple times. His first wife was Kazakh actress Natalia Arinbasarova, with whom he has two sons: Yegor, born January 15, 1966, and Stepan. His second wife was Irina Kandat. His third wife was Viviane Godet, with whom he has a daughter, Alexandra Mikhalkova, born October 6, 1971.

After he came to America, while being jobless, he lived with Shirley MacLaine, then left her for Nastassja Kinski, who helped him secure a contract with producer Menahem Golan for Maria's Lovers.^[1] He is married to Russian actress Yuliya Vysotskaya.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.fictionbook.ru/author/konchalovskiyi_andreyi/nizkie_istiniy/konchalovskiyi_nizkie_istiniy.html#TOC_id2592862.

[edit] External links

• Andrei Konchalovsky at the Internet Movie Database
• Andrei Konchalovsky Fan Club

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v • d • e The films of Andrei Konchalovsky 1960s The Boy and the Pigeon • The Story of Asya Klyachina • The First Teacher • A Nest of Gentry 1970s Dyadya Vanya • A Lover's Romance • Siberiade 1980s Maria's Lovers • Runaway Train • Duet for One • Shy People • Homer and Eddie • Tango & Cash 1990s The Inner Circle • Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs • Lumière and Company (Segment) 2000s House of Fools • To Each His Own Cinema (Segment: "Dans le Noir") • Gloss • Nutcracker: The Untold Story • The Forbidden City Television The Odyssey (1997) • The Lion in Winter (2003) Productions Moscow Chill (2007) Screenplays The Steamroller and the Violin (1961) (with Andrei Tarkovsky) • Andrei Rublev (1966) (with Andrei Tarkovsky) • Tashkent - gorod khlebny (1968) • Song About Manshuk (1969) • Konets atamana (1970) • Zhdem tebya, paren... (1972) (with Eduard Tropinin) • The Seventh Bullet (1972) (with Fridrikh Gorenshtein) • Nechayannye radosti (1972) (with Fridrikh Gorenshtein and Rustam Khamdamov) • The Fierce One (1974) (with E. Tropinin) • A Slave of Love (1976) (with Fridrikh Gorenshtein) • Trans-Siberian Express (1977) (with Aleksandr Adabashyan and Nikita Mikhalkov) • Krov i pot (1978) (with Rodyon Tyurin)

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