Igor Talankin

Born

October 3, 1927

Died

July 24, 2010

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.