Aleksandr Gordon(1931-2020)

Aleksandr Gordon was born on 26 December 1931 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Assassins (1956), Skhvatka v purge (1978) and Vykup (1986). He was married to Marina Tarkovskaya. He died on 7 December 2020.

6.5

Short

6.7

5.5

5.5

Fitil (kinozhurnal)
6.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1969–1992
Futbolist
5.8
- Director
- 1990
Vykup
5.5
- Director
- 1986
Dvoynoy obgon
5.5
- Director
- 1984
Chelovek, kotoryy zakryl gorod
6.0
- Director
- 1982
Stseny iz semeynoy zhizni
7.5
- Director
- 1979
Skhvatka v purge
6.7
- Director
- 1978
Za rulem Korobkiny
Short
- Director
- 1973
Krazha
6.4
- Director
- 1970
Sergey Lazo
7.1
- Director
- 1967
Poslednyaya noch v rayu
- Director
- 1964
Kamennye kilometry
- Director
- 1962
Aujourd'hui nous ne quitterons pas nos postes
6.5
TV Movie
- Director (as A. Gordon)
- 1959
Assassins
6.5
Short
- Director (as A. Gordon)
- 1956

Alternative names
- A. Gordon
Born
- December 26, 1931
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Died
- December 7, 2020
Spouse
- Marina Tarkovskaya? - December 7, 2020 (his death, 2 children)
Children
- Mikhail Tarkovsky
Other works
He did the Russian dubbing for Andrei Tarkovsky's last two films, Nostalghia (1983) (from Italian) and Le Sacrifice (1986) (from Swedish).

Trivia
His wife, writer and linguist Marina Tarkovskaya, is the younger sister of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. Gordon met her while he was a student at VGIK film school, a classmate of her brother, with whom Gordon collaborated on several student films.

Quotes
[on Mikhail Vartanov's film Paradjanov: Le Dernier Printemps (1992)] "...this film is a gift, a treasure for the soul. Here the art of cinema reveals its very best qualities..."