Márta Mészáros
Directing
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. Prominent themes include characters' denials of their pasts, the consequences of dishonesty, and the problematics of gender. Her films often feature heroines from fragmented families, such as young girls seeking their missing parents (The Girl) or middle-aged women looking to adopt children (Adoption). Although Mészáros has made over fifteen feature films, she is arguably best known for Diary for My Children (1984), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first entry in a trilogy of autobiographical films which also includes Diary for my Lovers (1987) and Diary for my Father and Mother (1990). Throughout her career, Mészáros has won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear awards at the Berlinale; the Golden Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival; the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival; and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known for
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movieHungary 2011
2012
Director
movieLast Report on Anna
2009
Director
movieThe Unburied Man
2004
Director
movieThe Miraculous Mandarin
2001
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movieDaughters of Fortune
1999
Director
movieThe Seventh Room
1996
Director
movieFetus
1994
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movieEdith and Marlene
1993
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movieDiary for My Loves
1987
Director
Vieras
1984
Director
movieDiary for My Children
1984
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movieThe Land of Mirage
1983
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movieA Mother, a Daughter
1981
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movieThe Inheritance
1980
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movieOn the Move
1979
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movieJust Like at Home
1978
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movieThe Two of Them
1978
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movieNine Months
1976
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movieAdoption
1975
Director
movieAt the End of September
1974
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movieRiddance
1973
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movieAt the Lőrinc Spinnery
1972
Director
movieBinding Sentiments
1969
Director
movieThe Girl
1968
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movieBlow-Ball
1965
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movieCare and Affection
1962
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movieHeartbeat
1961
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movieSalesmanship
1960
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movieTomorrow's Shift
1959
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movieWomen of Today
1958
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movieLet All Children Smile
1957
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movieEveryday Stories
1955
Director
Writing29
movieHungary 2011
2012
Writer
movieThe Unburied Man
2004
Screenplay
movieDaughters of Fortune
1999
Screenplay
movieThe Seventh Room
1996
Screenplay
movieFetus
1994
Writer
Vieras
1984
Writer
movieThe Inheritance
1980
Writer
movieOn the Move
1979
Writer
movieThe Two of Them
1978
Screenplay
movieNine Months
1976
Screenplay
movieAdoption
1975
Writer
movieRiddance
1973
Writer
movieBinding Sentiments
1969
Screenplay
movieThe Girl
1968
Writer
movieIn Memoriam László Mészáros
1968
Screenplay
movieBlow-Ball
1965
Writer
movieHeartbeat
1961
Writer
movieTomorrow's Shift
1959
Screenplay
movieLet All Children Smile
1957
Screenplay
Acting5
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movieNo Country for the Poor
2017
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movieAdoption
1975
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