Hungarian film director Béla Tarr, known for Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies and Berlinale award winner The Turin Horse, has died aged 70.
The European Film Academy confirmed he died this morning (January 6) “after a long and serious illness”.
Born in Pécs in Hungary in 1955, Tarr made his feature directorial debut with 1979’s Family Nest, which won the grand prize at that year’s Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival. His 2011 feature The Turin Horse won the Silver Bear grand jury prize and Fipresci prize at the Berlinale.
Tarr subsequently retired from directing to found film.factory, an international film school in Sarajevo.
He received the European Film Academy honorary award in 2023 and was feted with many festival lifetime achievement awards, including from Tokyo, Cairo, Batumi, Sardinia and the International Film Festival of Kerala.
“The European Film Academy mourns an outstanding director and a personality with a strong political voice, who is not only deeply respected by his colleagues but also celebrated by audiences worldwide,” said the academy in a statement.
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