Kira Muratova

Directing

Birthday

1934/11/05

Day of death

2018/06/06 (83 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Soroca, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova)

Also know as

Кира Муратова, 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 fi...Read more