Biography
Béla Tarr (born July 21, 1955) is an acclaimed Hungarian film director. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements and a pessimistic view of humanity. His films utilize unconventional storytelling methods, such as long takes and/or non-professional actors to achieve realism.
Debuting with his film Family Nest in 1979, Tarr underwent a period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling mundane stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité. Over the next decade, the cinematography of Tarr's films gradually changed; Damnation (1988) was shot with languid camera movement aimed at establishing ambience. It marked Tarr's earliest experimentation with philosophical themes, focused mostly on bleak and desolate representations of reality. Sátántangó (1994) and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) continued this approach; both are considered by some critics to be among the greatest films ever made. Tarr would later compete in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with his film The Man From London.
Frequent collaborators of Tarr include his wife Ágnes Hranitzky, novelist László Krasznahorkai, film composer Mihály Víg, cinematographer Fred Kelemen, and actress Erika Bók. After the release of his film The Turin Horse (2011), Tarr announced his definitive retirement from film direction. He has been teaching at the Sarajevo Film School since.
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Filmography
all 46
Movies 46
Director 19
Producer 17
self 3
Writer 1
Árni (2024)
The Last Days of Humanity (2023)
Isten hozott (2022)
Letters from the Ends of the World (2021)
Paola makes a wish (2019)
Missing People (2019)
The Tree (2018)
The Confidence-Man (2018)
Muhamed (2017)
Man in the Well (2016)
Aragane (2015)
About Cinema (2015)
Once a Chicken (2015)
Bosnian Dream (2015)
Lost in Bosnia (2014)
Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2014)
Conniving (2014)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Hungary 2011 (2012)
The State That I Am Fish (2011)
The Turin Horse (2011)
Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies (2008)
Fragment (2007)
The Man from London (2007)
Johanna (2005)
Prologue (2004)
Visions of Europe (2004)
Death Rode out of Persia (2004)
Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
Passion (1998)
Journey on the Plain (1995)
Satantango (1994)
City Life (1990)
The Last Boat (1990)
Damnation (1988)
Season of Monsters (1987)
Autumn Almanac (1984)
The Doctor's Pupil (1984)
The Prefab People (1982)
Macbeth (1982)
The Outsider (1981)
Family Nest (1979)
Cinemarxism (1979)
Hotel Magnezit (1978)
Coda
Kisa iz vedra neba
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1955-07-21 (68 years old)
Birth PlacePécs, Hungary
FatherBéla Tarr
MotherMari Tarr
SiblingsGyörgy Tarr
CitizenshipsHungary
Also Known AsBela Tarr, Tarr Béla, 벨라 타르, 터르 벨러, 타르 벨러, 타르 벨라, 贝拉·塔尔, Μπέλα Ταρ, Μπελα Ταρ, Л. Тарр, L. Tarr, Бела Тарр
AwardsMagyar filmkritikusok díja, Konrad Wolf Prize, Béla Balázs Award, Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, Kossuth Prize, European Film Academy Honorary Award
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