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Kira Muratova
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Kira Muratova

1934 – 2018 · aged 84

Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress (1934–2018)

Born
5 Nov 1934 · Soroca
Died
6 Jun 2018 · Odesa
Part ofUkraine896 CE – todayMoldova1683 – todayKingdom of Romania1839 – 1947

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 97 years
  1. 5 Nov 1934BornBorn in Soroca
  2. 1990AwardSilver Bear
  3. 1995AwardNika Award
  4. 1997AwardShevchenko National Prize
  5. 1999AwardBerliner Kunstpreis
  6. 2002AwardOleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize
  7. 2004AwardOrder of Friendship
  8. 2011AwardAnniversary medal for the 20 years of independence of Ukraine
  9. 2017AwardHonorary citizen of Odesa
  10. 6 Jun 2018DiedDied in Odesa

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1934 – 2018).

  1. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  2. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  3. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  4. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1938Munich Agreement
  6. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  7. 1939 – 1945World War II
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Kira Georgievna Muratova (Romanian: Kira Gheórghievna Muratova; Russian: Кира Георгиевна Муратова; Ukrainian: Кіра Георгіївна Мура́това; née Korotkova, 5 November 1934 – 6 June 2018) was a Ukrainian award-winning film director, screenwriter and actress, 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 - 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.

Her work has been described as possibly 'one of the most distinctive and singular oeuvres of cinematic world-making.'

Text from the Wikipedia article Kira Muratova, CC BY-SA 4.0

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