FILM DIRECTOR

Márta Mészáros

1931 - Today

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Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman, and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival.Mészáros' work often combines autobiographical details with documentary footage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Márta Mészáros has received more than 101,364 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Márta Mészáros is the 297th most popular film director (down from 256th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 144th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Film Director.

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Over the past year Márta Mészáros has had the most page views in the with 16,156 views, followed by Polish (13,681), and English (13,342). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (57.43%), Volapük (45.49%), and Swedish (38.50%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Márta Mészáros ranks 297 out of 2,041. Before her are Sven Nykvist, Rouben Mamoulian, Makoto Shinkai, Michael Cacoyannis, Mike Nichols, and Stanley Kramer. After her are Shin Sang-ok, Ousmane Sembène, Mamoru Oshii, Mikhail Kalatozov, Satoshi Kon, and Raúl Ruiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Márta Mészáros ranks 98. Before her are Jack Swigert, John Charles, Juan Goytisolo, Mike Nichols, Angie Dickinson, and Lamberto Dini. After her are Mauricio Kagel, Seyni Kountché, Tom Wesselmann, Silvia Pinal, Toshiki Kaifu, and Lucio Urtubia.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Márta Mészáros ranks 175 out of 1,077. Before her are Ferenc Erkel (1810), Michael Balint (1896), Constance of Hungary (1180), Géza Lakatos (1890), Aurel Stein (1862), and Valamir (420). After her are Mór Jókai (1825), Attila József (1905), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Geraldine of Albania (1915), Taksony of Hungary (931), and Ludwig von Benedek (1804).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Márta Mészáros ranks 5. Before her are Michael Curtiz (1886), István Szabó (1938), Miklós Jancsó (1921), and Béla Tarr (1955). After her are Adolph Zukor (1873), Ladislao Vajda (1906), László Benedek (1905), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Zoltán Fábri (1917), Ján Kadár (1918), and Charles Vidor (1900).

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Filmography

Adoption
Director
When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
Sep 25o 19756.7 / 10
Diary for My Children
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After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.
May 3o 19847 / 10
Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!
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Savanyú and his friend work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of the afternoon and the night, i.e. parties and concerts. Savanyú dates Juli, they are already engaged. The young men live as sub-tenants, the young women in workers' hostels. None of these places are suited for spending time together. They are in need of an apartment. Out of the ruinous apartment which they lay siege on, however, they are sent away by the otherwise friendly policeman. At a concert held in the Park of Youth, Juli gets to know Géza. They flirt, then go to the country with a pop-group. Savanyú and his friends follow them. A minor fight cools the atmosphere.
Dec 3o 19705.6 / 10