Igor Talankin Explained

Igor Talankin
Birth Name:Igor Vasilyevich Talankin
Birth Date:3 October 1927
Birth Place:Bogorodsk, Moscow Governorate, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:1960–1992

Igor Vasilyevich Talankin (Russian: И́горь Васи́льевич Тала́нкин) (3 October 1927 – 24 July 2010) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.[1] His film Splendid Days (1960, co-directed with Georgiy Daneliya) won the Crystal Globe (the main award) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Tchaikovsky (1969) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Peter Rollberg. Rowman & Littlefield. 2009. US. 978-0-8108-6072-8. 680–682.
  2. Web site: The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners . 2011-11-27 . oscars.org.