FILM DIRECTOR

Kira Muratova

1934 - 2018

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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) was a Ukrainian award-winning 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kira Muratova has received more than 158,049 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Kira Muratova is the 342nd most popular film director (up from 425th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Moldova (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moldovan Film Director.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

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  • 4.88

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kira Muratova ranks 342 out of 2,041. Before her are Chen Kaige, Claude Sautet, Sofia Coppola, Tobe Hooper, Arthur Cohn, and Henry King. After her are Ivan Reitman, Jean Girault, George Stevens, John Landis, Georgiy Daneliya, and Stanley Donen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Kira Muratova ranks 114. Before her are Fredric Jameson, Kisho Kurokawa, Tony Hoare, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Joan Didion, and Omar Karami. After her are Paul Cohen, Gloria Steinem, Howard Martin Temin, Wilford Brimley, Jean Chrétien, and Dashrath Manjhi. Among people deceased in 2018, Kira Muratova ranks 92. Before her are Keith O'Brien, Oliver Dragojević, Kim Jong-pil, Oskar Gröning, John Young, and Princess Elisabeth of Denmark. After her are Adem Demaçi, Belisario Betancur, Tsukasa Hosaka, Ermanno Olmi, Paul Virilio, and Jozef Adamec.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Kira Muratova ranks 12 out of 107. Before her are Emil Constantinescu (1939), Avigdor Lieberman (1958), Maia Sandu (1972), Nicolae Timofti (1948), Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725), and Mikhail Larionov (1881). After her are Eugen Doga (1937), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Iona Yakir (1896), Meir Dizengoff (1861), Petru Lucinschi (1940), and Eugenio Coșeriu (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Moldova

Among film directors born in Moldova, Kira Muratova ranks 2. Before her are Lewis Milestone (1895). After her are Emil Loteanu (1936).

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