Kira Muratova

Director, Writer, Actor

November 5, 1934 — 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 Asthenic Syndrome1989
  • Brief Encounters
    Brief Encounters1967
  • The Tuner
    The Tuner2004
  • The Long Farewell
    The Long Farewell1971
  • Three Stories
    Three Stories1997
  • Getting to Know the Big Wide World
    Getting to Know the Big Wide World1978
  • Chekhovian Motifs
    Chekhovian Motifs2002
  • Two in One
    Two in One2007
  • Eternal Homecoming
    Eternal Homecoming2013
  • Among Grey Stones
    Among Grey Stones1983
  • Second Class Citizens
    Second Class Citizens2001
  • Change of Fate
    Change of Fate1987
  • The Sentimental Policeman
    The Sentimental Policeman1992
  • Our Honest Bread
    Our Honest Bread1964
  • Women Filmmakers in Russia
    Women Filmmakers in Russia1988

Filmography