Kira Muratova
Soviet and Ukrainian film director and screenwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kira Georgievna Muratova (Romanian: Kira Gheórghievna Muratova; Russian: Кира Георгиевна Муратова; Ukrainian: Кіра Георгіївна Мура́това; née Korotkova, 5 November 1934 – 6 June 2018[1][2]) was a Ukrainian[3][4][5][6] award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian/Jewish descent, known for her unusual directorial style.[7]
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Born | Kira Gueórguievna Korotkova (1934-11-05)5 November 1934 |
Died | 6 June 2018(2018-06-06) (aged 83) Odesa, Ukraine |
Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter Actress |
Years active | 1961–2018 |
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Muratova's films underwent a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union,[8] 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.[9] She is People's Artist of Ukraine (1989); Academician of National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1997).[10] Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (1993) (in List of laureates at 1993 - No. 12); Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize (2002). Muratova spent much of her artistic career in Odesa, creating most of her films at Odesa Film Studios.[11]
Her work has been described as possibly 'one of the most distinctive and singular oeuvres of cinematic world-making.'[12]