Andrei Konchalovsky Movies and Career Information

Andrei Konchalovsky (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский) (born 20 August 1937) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. Born as Andron Sergeyevich Mikhalkov in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 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 (Konchalovsky) as his stage name. 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). 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