Béla Tarr
Born: 1955-07-21 in Pécs, Hungary
Known For: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Béla Tarr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr as Self
- Lullaby for the Mountains ... (Executive Producer)
- Minden csillag ... (Executive Producer)
- Living Stones ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- The Outsider ... (Director)
- Isten hozott ... (Thanks)
2021
- Lamb ... (Executive Producer)
- Letters from the Ends of the World ... (Producer)
2019
- Missing People ... (Director)
- Paola makes a wish ... (Producer)
2018
- The Tree ... (Thanks)
- The Confidence-Man ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- The Parrot (Papagajka) ... (Thanks)
- Man in the Well ... (Producer)
2015
- About Cinema as Self
2014
- Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker as Himself
- Conniving ... (Producer)
- Lost in Bosnia ... (Executive Producer)
2012
- Hungary 2011 ... (Producer)
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen ... (Producer)
2011
- The Turin Horse ... (Director)
- The State That I Am Fish as Béla Tarr
2008
- The Man from London ... (Director)
- Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies as Himself
2007
- Fragment ... (Producer)
- 365 Day Project as Self
2005
- Johanna ... (Producer)
2004
- Prologue ... (Director)
- Visions of Europe ... (Director)
2003
2001
- Werckmeister Harmonies ... (Director)
- György Fehér's Films According to Béla Tarr ... (Director)
1998
- Passion ... (Writer)
1995
- Journey on the Plain ... (Director)
1994
- Satantango ... (Screenplay)
1990
- The Last Boat ... (Director)
- City Life ... (Director)
1988
- Damnation ... (Director)
1987
1984
- Autumn Almanac ... (Director)
- The Doctor's Pupil
1982
- Macbeth ... (Director)
- The Prefab People ... (Director)
1981
- Diplomafilm ... (Director)
1980
- Hotel Magnezit ... (Director)
1979
- Family Nest ... (Director)
- Cinemarxism ... (Director)
1965
- Iván Iljics halála as Vászja (as Tar Béla)