Márta Mészáros

Regie, Autor

19. September 1931 (94 Jahre)
Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman, and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival.

Mészáros' work often combines autobiographical details with documentary footage. Prominent themes include characters' denials of their pasts, the consequences of dishonesty, and the problematics of gender. Her films often feature heroines from fragmented families, such as young girls seeking their missing parents (The Girl) or middle-aged women looking to adopt children (Adoption).

Although Mészáros has made over fifteen feature films, she is arguably best known for Diary for My Children (1984), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first entry in a trilogy of autobiographical films which also includes Diary for my Lovers (1987) and Diary for my Father and Mother (1990).

Throughout her career, Mészáros has won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear awards at the Berlinale; the Golden Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival; the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival; and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

Bekannt aus

  • Adoption
    Adoption1975
  • Tagebuch meiner Kindheit
    Tagebuch meiner Kindheit1984
  • Aurora Borealis
    Aurora Borealis2017
  • Tagebuch für meine Lieben
    Tagebuch für meine Lieben1987
  • Erbinnen
    Erbinnen1980
  • Die Jüdin – Edith Stein
    Die Jüdin – Edith Stein1996
  • Neun Monate
    Neun Monate1976
  • Tagebuch für meine Eltern
    Tagebuch für meine Eltern1990
  • Das Mädchen
    Das Mädchen1968
  • Rotkäppchen - Abschied vom Zauberwald
    Rotkäppchen - Abschied vom Zauberwald1989
  • Zwei Frauen
    Zwei Frauen1978
  • Schöne Mädchen, weinet nicht
    Schöne Mädchen, weinet nicht1970
  • Zuhause in einem fremden Land
    Zuhause in einem fremden Land1979
  • Blow-Ball
    Blow-Ball1965
  • Ungarn - Propaganda gegen Pressefreiheit
    Ungarn - Propaganda gegen Pressefreiheit2012