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Kira Muratova

Director, Writer, Actor
Born November 5, 1934Died June 6, 2018 (83 years)
Kira Georgievna Muratova (Ukrainian: Кіра Георгіївна Мура́това; née Korotkova; 5 November 1934 – 6 June 2018; Soroca – Odesa) was a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian/Jewish descent, known for her unusual directorial style.

Muratova's films underwent a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union, yet still Muratova managed to emerge as one of the leading figures in contemporary Cinema of Ukraine and Russian cinema and was able to build a very successful film career from 1960s onwards. She is People's Artist of Ukraine(1989); Academician of National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1997). Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (1993) (in List of laureates at 1993 - № 12); Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize (2002). Muratova spent much of her artistic career in Odesa, creating most of her films at Odesa Film Studios.

Her work has been described as possibly 'one of the most distinctive and singular oeuvres of cinematic world-making.'

Known For

  • The Asthenic Syndrome
  • The Tuner
  • Brief Encounters
  • The Long Farewell
  • Three Stories
  • Chekhov's Motifs
  • Getting to Know the Big, Wide World
  • Two in One
  • Eternal Homecoming
  • Among Grey Stones
  • Vtorostepennye lyudi
  • The Sentimental Policeman
  • Change of Fate
  • Our Honest Bread
  • Women Filmmakers in Russia

Kira Muratova Filmography

2012
Eternal Homecoming · as Screenplay
2009
2004
2002
Chekhov's Motifs · as Screenplay
2001
Vtorostepennye lyudi · as Screenplay
1994
Passions · as Screenplay
1992
The Sentimental Policeman · as Screenplay
1989
1987
1983
Among Grey Stones · as Screenplay
1978
1967
Brief Encounters · as Screenplay
1962
By the Steep Ravine · as Screenplay

1988
1988
Sad zhelaniy · as Sorceress
1969
Opasnye gastroli · as Nina Aleksandrovna, Revolutioner
1967
Brief Encounters · as Valentina Ivanovna

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