Márta Mészáros

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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. 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.

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1931-09-19
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 1.2
  • info Birth Place Budapest, Hungary
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Márta Mészáros

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My Mother's Letters to Stalin

2015-01-01

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Edith and Marlene

1993-01-01

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Adoption

1975-09-25

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Adoption

1975-09-25

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Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

1989-12-15

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Diary for My Children

1984-05-03

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Diary for My Children

1984-05-03

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Diary for My Father and My Mother

1990-01-02

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The Girl

1968-05-16

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Just Like at Home

1978-10-26

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Diary for My Loves

1987-10-01

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Diary for My Loves

1987-10-01

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Daughters of Fortune

1999-12-10

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The Seventh Room

1996-06-06

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The Seventh Room

1996-06-06

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The Inheritance

1980-06-06

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Riddance

1973-05-30

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Riddance

1973-05-30

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The Two of Them

1978-01-05

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The Unburied Man

2004-10-21

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Blow-Ball

1965-04-08

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No Country for the Poor

2017-01-01

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Diary for My Father and My Mother

1990-01-02

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Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!

1970-12-03

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Fetus

1994-11-10

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A Mother, a Daughter

1981-08-12

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On the Move

1979-11-22

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Binding Sentiments

1969-01-09

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Binding Sentiments

1969-01-09

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Hungary 2011

2012-02-02

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Hungary 2011

2012-02-02

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The Two of Them

1978-01-05

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Nine Months

1976-11-25

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Blow-Ball

1965-04-08

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Vieras

1984-09-24

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Vieras

1984-09-24

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Let All Children Smile

1957-01-01

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Let All Children Smile

1957-01-01

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Women of Today

1958-01-01

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Fetus

1994-11-10

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Adoption

1975-09-25

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Just Like at Home

1978-10-26

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The Miraculous Mandarin

2001-02-07

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The Girl

1968-05-16

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Little Vilma: The Last Diary

2000-02-03

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In Memoriam László Mészáros

1968-01-01

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In Memoriam László Mészáros

1968-01-01

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The Unburied Man

2004-10-21

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Aurora Borealis: Northern Light

2017-10-19

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The Land of Mirage

1983-10-20

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Little Vilma: The Last Diary

2000-02-03

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The Inheritance

1980-06-06

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A Mother, a Daughter

1981-08-12

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Daughters of Fortune

1999-12-10

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On the Move

1979-11-22

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Last Report on Anna

2009-10-15

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At the End of September

1974-08-18

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Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

1989-12-15

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Nine Months

1976-11-25