A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Кира Муратова
Кіра Георгіївна Короткова
Кіра Георгіївна Муратова
Кіра Короткова
Birthplace:
Soroca, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova)
Born:
November 5, 1934
Died:
June 6, 2018
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.'
Director:
1958 Spring Rain
1962 By the Ravine
1964 Our Honest Bread
1967 Brief Encounters
1972 Russia
1978 Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1983 Among Grey Stones
1987 Change of Fortune
1987 The Long Farewell
1989 The Asthenic Syndrome
1992 The Sentimental Policeman
1994 Passions
1997 Three Stories
1999 Letter to America
2001 Second Class Citizens
2002 Chekhovian Motifs
2004 The Piano Tuner
2005 The Certificate
2007 Dummy
2007 Two in One
2009 Melody for a Street Organ
2013 Eternal Homecoming
Screenplay:
1958 Spring Rain
1962 By the Ravine
1964 Our Honest Bread
1967 Brief Encounters
1972 Russia
1978 Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1983 Among Grey Stones
1987 Change of Fortune
1987 The Long Farewell
1989 The Asthenic Syndrome
1992 The Sentimental Policeman
1994 Passions
1997 Three Stories
1999 Letter to America
2001 Second Class Citizens
2002 Chekhovian Motifs
2004 The Piano Tuner
2005 The Certificate
2007 Dummy
2007 Two in One
2009 Melody for a Street Organ
2013 Eternal Homecoming
Writer:
1958 Spring Rain
1962 By the Ravine
1964 Our Honest Bread
1967 Brief Encounters
1972 Russia
1978 Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1983 Among Grey Stones
1987 Change of Fortune
1987 The Long Farewell
1989 The Asthenic Syndrome
1992 The Sentimental Policeman
1994 Passions
1997 Three Stories
1999 Letter to America
2001 Second Class Citizens
2002 Chekhovian Motifs
2004 The Piano Tuner
2005 The Certificate
2007 Dummy
2007 Two in One
2009 Melody for a Street Organ
2013 Eternal Homecoming
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