- Born
- DiedDecember 7, 2020 (undisclosed)
- Birth nameAleksandr Vitalyevich Gordon
- Nickname
- Alexander Godron
- Aleksandr Gordon was born on December 26, 1931 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Killers (1956), The Fight in the Blizzard (1978) and Ransom (1986). He was married to Marina Tarkovskaya. He died on December 7, 2020.
- SpouseMarina Tarkovskaya(? - December 7, 2020) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- 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.
- Father of writer, poet, biologist, trapper, and cinematographer Mikhail Tarkovsky (son), and child actress Ekaterina Tarkovskaya [Katya] (daughter), both with wife Marina.
- Unlike the common English given name "Gordon", his family name is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable and a long O: "gor-DOAN".
- [on Mikhail Vartanov's film Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)] "...this film is a gift, a treasure for the soul. Here the art of cinema reveals its very best qualities..."
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