Kira Muratova
Known for Directing · 9 credits
- Born
- 1934-11-05
- Died
- 2018-06-06
- Place of birth
- Soroca, Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]
- Also known as
- Кіра Георгіївна Короткова · Кіра Георгіївна Муратова · Кіра Короткова
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
Movies (9)
Dangerous Tour
1969
as Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner
Brief Encounters
1967
as Valentina Ivanovna
What Beat You Nothing
2021
as Self (archive footage)
I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman
1988
The Garden of Desires
1987
as Sorceress
Kira
2003
as Self
Spring Rain
1958
Furtively About Kira
2019
as Archive footage
…in Memory of the Master
2021
as Self (archive footage)
About Kira Muratova
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 Arti… With 9 credits spanning from 1958 to 2021, Kira Muratova has appeared in 9 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kira Muratova Movies
- Dangerous Tour (1969) — as Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner
- Brief Encounters (1967) — as Valentina Ivanovna
- What Beat You Nothing (2021) — as Self (archive footage)
- I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman (1988)
- The Garden of Desires (1987) — as Sorceress
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