
Kira Muratova
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-11-05
Day of Death
2018-06-06 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Soroca, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova)
Kira Muratova
Biography
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
Acting
(2021)
What Beat You Nothing
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Furtively About Kira
as Archive footage
(2003)
Kira
as Self
(1988)
(1987)
The Garden of Desires
as Sorceress
(1969)
Dangerous Tour
as Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner
(1967)
Brief Encounters
as Valentina Ivanovna
(1958)
Crew
(2013)
Eternal Homecoming
Director, Screenplay
(2009)
Melody for a Street Organ
Director, Writer
(2007)
Two in One
Director
(2007)
Dummy
Director
(2005)
The Certificate
Director
(2004)
The Piano Tuner
Director, Writer
(2002)
Chekhovian Motifs
Director, Screenplay
(2001)
Second Class Citizens
Director, Screenplay
(1999)
Letter to America
Director
(1997)
Three Stories
Director
(1994)
Passions
Director, Screenplay
(1992)
The Sentimental Policeman
Director, Screenplay
(1989)
The Asthenic Syndrome
Director, Writer
(1987)
The Long Farewell
Director
(1987)
Change of Fortune
Director, Writer
(1983)
Among Grey Stones
Director, Screenplay
(1978)
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
Brief Encounters
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
Our Honest Bread
Director
(1962)
By the Ravine
Director, Screenplay
(1958)
Spring Rain
Director, Writer