Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 99. Chapters: Dziga Vertov, Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky, Lev Kuleshov, Sergei Parajanov, Aleksandr Ptushko, Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrei Konchalovsky, Yevgeny Matveyev, Yuri Ozerov, Yuriy Norshteyn, Mikhail Vartanov, Alexander Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Petrov, Boris Babochkin, Leonid Gaidai, Yuri Gadyukin, Pavel Kadochnikov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Eldar Shengelaya, Elem Klimov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Pavel Klushantsev, Grigori Aleksandrov, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Vasily Shukshin, Ivan Pyryev, Rashid Nugmanov, Igor Maslennikov, Georgi Daneliya, Vasily Livanov, Alexander Sokurov, Roman Karmen, Iosif Kheifits, Ivan Perestiani, Victor Dyomin, Grigori Chukhrai, Boris Barnet, Vladimir Bortko, Mikhail Romm, Otar Iosseliani, Grigori Kozintsev, Vladimir Motyl, Larisa Shepitko, Erast Garin, Natalya Bondarchuk, Vladimir Menshov, Edmond Keosayan, Fridrikh Ermler, Arcady Ruderman, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Leonid Filatov, Sergei Yutkevich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Sergei Gerasimov, Yuri Kara, Eldar Ryazanov, Fyodor Khitruk, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Marianna Tavrog, Yakov Protazanov, Herbert Rappaport, Kira Muratova, Mikhail Schweitzer, Gleb Panfilov, Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky, Tatyana Lioznova, Rza Tahmasib, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Pavel Lungin, Vladimir Gardin, Samson Samsonov, Yuli Gusman, Aleksei Saltykov, Juris Podnieks, Sergei Bodrov, Valeriy Priyomykhov, Sergei Solovyov, Tengiz Abuladze, Aleksandr Razumny, Vasilyev brothers, Aleksandr Askoldov, Sergei Vasilyev, Vladimir Khotinenko, Nana Jorjadze, Ivan Pravov, Mikhail Kalatozov, Leonid Lukov, Mark Zakharov, Karen Shakhnazarov, Leonid Trauberg, Marlen Khutsiev, Stanislav Rostotsky, Georgi Vasilyev, Vadim Abdrashitov, Vytautas Zalakevicius, Mikhail Doller, Oleg Anofriyev, Vladimir Petrov, Andrei Alekseyevich Popov, Aleksandr Alov, Varis Brasla, Alexander Rou, Yuliya Solntseva, Vladimir Basov, Boris Shpis, Huseyn Seyidzadeh, Nikolai Gubenko, Aleksei Kapler, Iosif Boyarsky, Aleksei German, Vladimir Naumov, Viktor Eisymont, Vladimir Vajnshtok, Latif Safarov, Hamo Beknazarian, Temur Babluani, Alexander Mitta, Mark Donskoy, Lev Arnshtam, Dinara Asanova, Tolomush Okeyev, Esfir Shub, Leonid Bykov, Lev Kulidzhanov, Mikheil Chiaureli, Vitali Kanevsky, Georgiy Shengelaya, Nikolai Ekk, Pyotr Todorovsky, Dmitri Vasilyev, Valeriu Gagiu, Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai, Sergei Mikaelyan, Goderdzi Chokheli, Viktor Aristov, Vera Stroyeva, Vasili Pichul, Leonid Amalrik, Boris Frumin, Iskra Babich, Bolotbek Shamshiyev, Aleksandr Stolper, Yermek Shinarbayev, Ilya Trauberg, Samvel Gasparov, Alexander Stefanovich, Alexei Makarov, Tamaz Meliava, Grigori Roshal, Viktor Ivchenko, Ali Khamraev, Damir Salimov, Igor Talankin, Yuli Raizman, Lev Milchin, Efim Dzigan, Mikhail Karyukov, Janis Streics, Otar Koberidze, Igor Savchenko, Ilya Averbakh, Abram Room, Rolands Kalnins, Aleksandrs Leimanis, Nikolay Petrovich Fyodorov, Semyon Aranovich, Aleksandr Faintsimmer, Aleksandr Kozyr, Gunars Piesis. Excerpt: Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian:; April 4, 1932-December 29, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century. Tarkovsky's films include Andrei Rublev, Solaris, The Mirror, and Stalker. He directed the first five of his seven feature films in the Soviet Union; his last two films were produced in Italy and Sweden, respectively. They are characterized by spirituality and metaphysical themes.