Kira Muratova
Directing
- Born
- November 5, 1934 · Soroca, Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]
- Died
- June 6, 2018 (age 83)
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.
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Her work has been described as possibly 'one of the most distinctive and singular oeuvres of cinematic world-making.'
Known for
The Asthenic Syndrome
December 1, 1989
The Long Farewell
August 1, 1971
Brief Encounters
December 13, 1967
The Tuner
April 7, 2005
Three Stories
March 13, 1997
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
March 31, 1980
Chekhovian Motifs
June 26, 2002
Passions
February 4, 1994
Two in One
November 27, 2007
Change of Fate
July 28, 1987
Second Class Citizens
February 17, 2001
Eternal Homecoming
January 2, 2013
Behind the camera21
- 2013Eternal Homecoming Director, Screenplay
- 2009Melody for a Street Organ Director, Writer
- 2007Two in One Director
- 2007Dummy Director
- 2005The Tuner Director, Writer
- 2005The Certificate Director
- 2002Chekhovian Motifs Director, Screenplay
- 2001Second Class Citizens Director, Screenplay
- 1999Letter to America Director
- 1997Three Stories