Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 19, 1931
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Credits
46 titles
Márta Mészáros
Biography
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
Filmography
Aurora Borealis: Northern Light
Director
No Country for the Poor
Additional Camera
My Mother's Letters to Stalin
Director
Hungary 2011
Director
Negative history of Hungarian cinema
Self
Last Report on Anna
Director
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Self
The Unburied Man
Director
Notes in Lifestyle Margins
The Miraculous Mandarin
Director
Little Vilma: The Last Diary
Director
Daughters of Fortune
Director
The Seventh Room
Director
Fetus
Writer
Edith and Marlene
Director
Diary for My Father and My Mother
Writer
Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood
Writer
Diary for My Loves
Director
Vieras
Director
Diary for My Children
Writer
The Land of Mirage
Director
A Mother, a Daughter
Writer
The Inheritance
Director
Márta Mészáros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker
Self
On the Move
Writer
Just Like at Home
Director
The Two of Them
Director
Nine Months
Director
Adoption
Writer
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
At the End of September
Director
Riddance
Director
At the Lőrinc Spinnery
Director
Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!
Director
Binding Sentiments
Screenplay
The Girl
Director
In Memoriam László Mészáros
Director
Blow-Ball
Writer
Szentendre And Its Painters
Director
Care and Affection
Director
Heartbeat
Director
Salesmanship
Director
Tomorrow's Shift
Director
Women of Today
Director
Let All Children Smile
Director
Everyday Stories
Director