Márta Mészáros

Directing·Sep 19, 1931·Budapest, Hungary

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Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman, and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Mészáros' work often combines autobiographical details with documentary footage. Prominent themes include characters' denials of their pasts, the consequences of dishonesty, and the problematics of gender. Her films often feature heroines from fragmented families, such as young girls seeking their missing parents (The Girl) or middle-aged women looking to adopt children (Adoption). Although Mészáros has made over fifteen feature films, she is arguably best known for Diary for My Children (1984), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first entry in a trilogy of autobiographical films which also includes Diary for my Lovers (1987) and Diary for my Father and Mother (1990). Throughout her career, Mészáros has won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear awards at the Berlinale; the Golden Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival; the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival; and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

Film	Credit
Aurora Borealis: Northern Light2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
My Mother's Letters to Stalin2015 · Director	Director
Hungary 20112012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Negative history of Hungarian cinema2010 · Self	Self
Last Report on Anna2009 · Director	Director
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski2006 · Self	Self
The Unburied Man2004 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Notes in Lifestyle Margins2002 · Actor	Actor
The Miraculous Mandarin2001 · Director	Director
LLittle Vilma: The Last Diary2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Daughters of Fortune1999 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Seventh Room1996 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fetus1994 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Edith and Marlene1993 · Director	Director
Diary for My Father and My Mother1990 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood1989 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Diary for My Loves1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
VVieras1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Diary for My Children1984 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Land of Mirage1983 · Director	Director
A Mother, a Daughter1981 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Inheritance1980 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Márta Mészáros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker1979 · Self	Self
On the Move1979 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Just Like at Home1978 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Two of Them1978 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Nine Months1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Adoption1975 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
At the End of September1974 · Director	Director
Riddance1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
At the Lőrinc Spinnery1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!1970 · Director	Director
Binding Sentiments1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Girl1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In Memoriam László Mészáros1968 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Blow-Ball1965 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
SSzentendre And Its Painters1964 · Director	Director
Care and Affection1962 · Director	Director
Heartbeat1961 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Salesmanship1960 · Director	Director
Tomorrow's Shift1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Women of Today1958 · Director	Director
Let All Children Smile1957 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Everyday Stories1955 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer