Kira Muratova

Directing·Nov 5, 1934·Soroca, Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]

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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.'

Film	Credit
What Beat You Nothing2021 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
…in Memory of the Master2021 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Furtively About Kira2019 · Archive footage	Archive footage
Eternal Homecoming2013 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Melody for a Street Organ2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Two in One2007 · Director	Director
Dummy2007 · Director	Director
The Tuner2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Certificate2005 · Director	Director
Kira2003 · Self	Self
Chekhovian Motifs2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Second Class Citizens2001 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Letter to America1999 · Director	Director
Three Stories1997 · Director	Director
Passions1994 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Sentimental Policeman1992 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Asthenic Syndrome1989 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman1988 · Actor	Actor
Change of Fate1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Long Farewell1987 · Director	Director
The Garden of Desires1987 · Sorceress	Sorceress
Among Grey Stones1983 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Getting to Know the Big Wide World1978 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Dangerous Tour1969 · Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner	Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner
Brief Encounters1967 · Valentina Ivanovna, Director, Screenplay	Valentina Ivanovna, Director, Screenplay
Our Honest Bread1964 · Director	Director
By the Ravine1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Spring Rain1958 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer