Andron Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Михалко́в-Кончало́вский) (born August 20, 1937 in Moscow) is an acclaimed Russian film writer and director. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (?)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born to an aristocratic family with centuries-old artistic and aristocratic roots, Andrei Mikhalkov changed his first name to Andron and took his maternal grandfather's surname as a pseudonym. He is the brother of Nikita Mikhalkov and the son of Sergei Mikhalkov. Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский) (1876 - 1956), Russian Painter, a member of Jack of Diamonds group. ... Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Никита Сeргеевич Михалков in Russian) (born in 1945, Moscow), Russian filmmaker and actor. ... Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (born March 13, 1913) is a Russian lyricist and author of childrens books who has had the opportunity to write his countrys national anthem on two different occasions. ...

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 great movie Andrei Rublev (1966). The Moscow Conservatory is a prominent music school in Russia. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский) (April 4, 1932 - December 28, 1986) was a Russian movie director, writer, and actor. ... Andrei Rublev is a movie made by Andrei Tarkovsky in the former Soviet Union in 1966. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

His first full-length feature, 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 defection to the United States in 1980. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivan Turgenev, photo by Félix Nadar (1820-1910) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: , November 9, 1818, Orel, Russia - September 3, 1883, Bougival, near Paris, France ) was a major Russian novelist and playwright. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... Uncle Vanya is a tragicomic play by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Smoktunovsky as Hamlet in the 1966 movie. ... Siberiade (Sibiriada/Сибириада) is a Soviet film epic of 1975 in four parts. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Palais des Festivals in which the festival takes place. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

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 Odyssey (1997) and the award-winning The Lion in Winter (2003). The cinema of the United States, sometimes simply referred to as Hollywood, can perhaps be summed up by the title American film critic Pauline Kael gave a 1968 collection of her reviews: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. ... Runaway Train is a 1985 film which tells the story of two escaped convicts and a female train conductor who are stuck on a runaway train as it barrels through snowy desolate Alaska. ... This article is about the year. ... Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 Kurosawa Akira, also 黒沢 明) (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... Tango & Cash is a 1989 American movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City) is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ... The 1990s in its most obvious sense refers to the years 1990 to 1999. ... Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles Gleyre The Odyssey (Greek Ὀδυσσεία) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lion in Winter is a 1966 Broadway play by James Goldman. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. This article is about the singer. ... The Chechen Republic (Russian: ); Chechen: Нохчийн Республика/Noxçiyn [Nokhchiyn] Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (Russian: Чечня́ Chechen: Нохчичьо/Noxçiyçö/Nokhchiycho), sometimes incorrectly refered to as Ichkeria, Chechnia or... The Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ...

External links

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