Igor Talankin

Birthday: 10/3/1927
Deathday: 7/24/2010
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Игорь Таланкин

Biography

Igor Talankin (3 October 1927 – 24 July 2010) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. 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.