Béla Tarr
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.
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Movies (49)
Minden csillag
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Lullaby for the Mountains
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Living Stones
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
FUKUSHIMA with Béla Tarr
as Self
2025
Rumours
Thanks (Crew)
2024
Árni
Creative Producer (Writing)
2024
Coda
Producer (Production)
2023
Deer Bell
Producer (Production)
2023
Isten hozott
Thanks (Crew)
2022
The Outsider
Writer (Writing)
2022
Letters from the Ends of the World
Producer (Production)
2021
Lamb
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Paola makes a wish
Producer (Production)
2019
Missing People
Director (Directing)
2019
A Country Divided
2018
The Tree
Thanks (Crew)
2018
The Confidence-Man
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Aragane
Consulting Producer (Production)
2017
Muhamed
Director (Directing)
2017
Man in the Well
Producer (Production)
2016
The Parrot (Papagajka)
Thanks (Crew)
2016
About Cinema
as Self
2015
Lost in Bosnia
Executive Producer (Production)
2014
Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker
as Himself
2014
Conniving
Producer (Production)
2014
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Producer (Production)
2012
Hungary 2011
Producer (Production)
2012
The State That I Am Fish
as Béla Tarr
2011
The Turin Horse
Director (Directing)
2011
Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies
as Himself
2008
The Man from London
Screenplay (Writing)
2008
365 Day Project
as Self
2007
Fragment
Producer (Production)
2007
Johanna
Producer (Production)
2005
Visions of Europe
Director (Directing)
2004
Prologue
Director (Directing)
2004
Werckmeister Harmonies
Director (Directing)
2001
György Fehér's Films According to Béla Tarr
Director (Directing)
2001
Passion
Writer (Writing)
1998
Journey on the Plain
Director (Directing)
1995
Satantango
Screenplay (Writing)
1994
City Life
Director (Directing)
1990
The Last Boat
Writer (Writing)
1990
Damnation
Writer (Writing)
1988
Season of Monsters
1987
Autumn Almanac
Director (Directing)
1984
The Doctor's Pupil
1984
The Prefab People
Director (Directing)
1982
Macbeth
Director (Directing)
1982