Screenwriter, producer, and director of film and theater, Andrei Konchalovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory and later graduated from the VGIK directing program under Mikhail Romm.
Konchalovsky has been successfully working in film and television, as well as theater and opera. In 1962, the director’s very first short film won a Bronze Lion at the Venice IFF. Since
then, Konchalovsky’s film, television productions, and theater shows have garnered awards at film festivals in Venice, Cannes, San Sebastian, received prize nods at Emmy, Oscar, Lawrence Olivier ceremonies and many other film and theater events. In 2014, his film The Postman’s White Nights won a Silver Lion for best directing at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In 2016, Andrei Konchalovsky’s Paradise also received a Silver Lion for best directing at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. On October 27, 2019, the Rome International Film Festival held a screening of the director’s new film, Sin, which was presented as a special event at the festival’s closing ceremony.