Kira Muratova


Director, Screenwriter

About

Also Known As
Kira Mouratova, Kira Georgievna Korotkova
Birth Place
Romania
Born
November 05, 1934

Biography

Key Soviet filmmaker of the late 1960s and 70s who found belated international recognition when her banned works were released--thanks to Glasnost--in the 1980s. Muratova's aesthetically striking films, often with emotionally wrought female protagonists, include "Short Encounters" (1967), in which she also starred, and "Long Farewells," which was completed in 1971, banned for being "too ...

Family & Companions

Aleksandr Muratova
Husband
Director. Divorced.
Yevgeni Golunbenko
Husband

Biography

Key Soviet filmmaker of the late 1960s and 70s who found belated international recognition when her banned works were released--thanks to Glasnost--in the 1980s. Muratova's aesthetically striking films, often with emotionally wrought female protagonists, include "Short Encounters" (1967), in which she also starred, and "Long Farewells," which was completed in 1971, banned for being "too gloomy" and released in 1986.

Life Events

1964

Feature directing debut, "Our Honest Bread"

1971

Feature "Long Farewells" banned as "too gloomy"

1983

"Among Grey Stones" re-edited by others; Muratova removed her name from this version, taking credit as Ivan Sidorov

Companions

Aleksandr Muratova
Husband
Director. Divorced.
Yevgeni Golunbenko
Husband

Bibliography