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.'
The Piano Tuner
(Director)
Brief Encounters
(Director)
The Asthenic Syndrome
(Director)
Chekhovian Motifs
(Director)
The Long Farewell
(Director)
Passions
(Director)
Three Stories
(Director)
Second Class Citizens
(Director)
Two in One
(Director)
Eternal Homecoming
(Director)
Eternal Homecoming
(Screenplay)
Among Grey Stones
(Director)
The Sentimental Policeman
(Director)
Letter to America
(Director)
Russia
(Director)
By the Ravine
(Director)
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
(Director)
Melody for a Street Organ
(Director)
Change of Fortune
(Director)
Change of Fortune
(Writer)
The Certificate
(Director)
Spring Rain
(Director)
Spring Rain
(Writer)
The Piano Tuner
(Writer)
Melody for a Street Organ
(Writer)
Our Honest Bread
(Director)
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
(Screenplay)
By the Ravine
(Screenplay)
The Asthenic Syndrome
(Writer)
Chekhovian Motifs
(Screenplay)
Brief Encounters
(Screenplay)
Among Grey Stones
(Screenplay)
The Sentimental Policeman
(Screenplay)
Second Class Citizens
(Screenplay)
Passions
(Screenplay)
Dummy
(Director)