Kira Muratova

Known for DirectingBorn 1934-11-05Died 2018-06-06Soroca, Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]

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.'Read more

Movies & web series

The Tuner

The Long Farewell

Three Stories

The Certificate

I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

Dangerous Tour

Brief Encounters

The Asthenic Syndrome

Eternal Homecoming

The Garden of Desires

Melody for a Street Organ

Getting to Know the Big Wide World

Chekhovian Motifs

Change of Fate

Our Honest Bread

Dummy

The Sentimental Policeman

Letter to America

Among Grey Stones

Second Class Citizens

Passions

By the Ravine

Two in One

What Beat You Nothing

…in Memory of the Master

Furtively About Kira

Kira

Spring Rain