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Biography
Béla Tarr was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and producer. His films are distinguished by their stark black-and-white visuals, extended long takes, languid pacing, and an absence of traditional plotting. They explore existential themes and often focus on marginalized, desperate characters in bleak landscapes. He became known as a founding figure of the slow cinema genre, most notably with his influential 1994 film Sátántangó. That film is often in scholarly polls of the greatest films ever made.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary citizen of Budapest · 2025
- European Film Academy Honorary Award · 2023
- lifetime achievement award · 2017
- lifetime achievement award · 2016
- Hungarian Film Critics Awards · 2014
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- FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes · 2011
- Konrad Wolf Prize · 2011
- lifetime achievement award · 2011
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize · 2011
- Annual award ACFK · 2010
- Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic · 2005
- Kossuth Prize · 2003
- Gundel Art Award · 2001
- Béla Balázs Award · 1983
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2011 · nominated
- Young European Film of the Year · 1988 · nominated
Filmography8 titles
Satantango
1994Director, Screenplay
1994Director, Screenplay
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000Associate Producer, Co-Writer, Director
2000Associate Producer, Co-Writer, Director
The Turin Horse
2011Director, Screenplay
2011Director, Screenplay
Damnation
1988Director, Writer
1988Director, Writer
The Man from London
2007Associate Producer, Director, Screenplay
2007Associate Producer, Director, Screenplay
Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker
2014as Himself
2014as Himself
Lamb
2021Executive Producer
2021Executive Producer
Rumours
2024Thanks
2024Thanks