Márta Mészáros

Márta Mészáros

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.

  • Title: Márta Mészáros
  • Popularity: 3.013
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1931-09-19
  • Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
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Márta Mészáros Movies

  • 1979
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    Marta Meszaros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker

    Marta Meszaros: Portrait of the Hungarian Filmmaker

    1 1979 HD

    Documentary about film director Marta Meszaros featuring on-set interviews with the director and creative collaborators

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  • 2005
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    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

    8.5 2005 HD

    Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

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  • 2010
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    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    1 2010 HD

    Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors.

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  • 2015
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    My Mother's Letters to Stalin

    My Mother's Letters to Stalin

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1993
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    Edith and Marlene

    Edith and Marlene

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1975
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    Adoption

    Adoption

    6.75 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Adoption

    Adoption

    6.75 1975 HD

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  • 1990
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    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    5.5 1990 HD

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  • 1984
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    Diary for My Children

    Diary for My Children

    6.9 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Diary for My Children

    Diary for My Children

    6.9 1984 HD

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  • 1990
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    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    6.2 1990 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Girl

    The Girl

    6.7 1968 HD

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  • 1978
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    Just Like at Home

    Just Like at Home

    3 1978 HD

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  • 1987
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    Diary for My Loves

    Diary for My Loves

    6.9 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Diary for My Loves

    Diary for My Loves

    6.9 1987 HD

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  • 1999
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    Daughters of Fortune

    Daughters of Fortune

    4.4 1999 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Seventh Room

    The Seventh Room

    6.5 1996 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Seventh Room

    The Seventh Room

    6.5 1996 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    6.9 1980 HD

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  • 1973
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    Riddance

    Riddance

    5.7 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Riddance

    Riddance

    5.7 1973 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Two of Them

    The Two of Them

    6.2 1978 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Unburied Man

    The Unburied Man

    5.8 2004 HD

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  • 1965
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    Blow-Ball

    Blow-Ball

    1 1965 HD

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  • 2017
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    No Country for the Poor

    No Country for the Poor

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1990
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    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    Diary for My Father and My Mother

    6.2 1990 HD

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  • 1970
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    Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!

    Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls!

    5.6 1970 HD

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  • 1994
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    Fetus

    Fetus

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1981
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    A Mother, a Daughter

    A Mother, a Daughter

    6 1981 HD

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  • 1979
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    On the Move

    On the Move

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1969
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    Binding Sentiments

    Binding Sentiments

    6.3 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Binding Sentiments

    Binding Sentiments

    6.3 1969 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hungary 2011

    Hungary 2011

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hungary 2011

    Hungary 2011

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Two of Them

    The Two of Them

    6.2 1978 HD

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  • 1976
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    6.2 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Nine Months

    Nine Months

    6.2 1976 HD

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  • 1965
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    Blow-Ball

    Blow-Ball

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1984
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    Vieras

    Vieras

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Vieras

    Vieras

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1957
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    Let All Children Smile

    Let All Children Smile

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Let All Children Smile

    Let All Children Smile

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    Women of Today

    Women of Today

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1994
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    Fetus

    Fetus

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1975
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    Adoption

    Adoption

    6.75 1975 HD

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  • 1978
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    Just Like at Home

    Just Like at Home

    3 1978 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Miraculous Mandarin

    The Miraculous Mandarin

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Girl

    The Girl

    6.7 1968 HD

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  • 2000
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    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    4 2000 HD

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  • 1968
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    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    In Memoriam László Mészáros

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Unburied Man

    The Unburied Man

    5.8 2004 HD

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  • 2017
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    Aurora Borealis: Northern Light

    Aurora Borealis: Northern Light

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Land of Mirage

    The Land of Mirage

    1 1983 HD

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  • 2000
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    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    Little Vilma: The Last Diary

    4 2000 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    6.9 1980 HD

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  • 1981
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    A Mother, a Daughter

    A Mother, a Daughter

    6 1981 HD

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  • 1999
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    Daughters of Fortune

    Daughters of Fortune

    4.4 1999 HD

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  • 1979
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    On the Move

    On the Move

    5 1979 HD

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  • 2009
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    Last Report on Anna

    Last Report on Anna

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1974
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    At the End of September

    At the End of September

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1990
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    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood

    5.5 1990 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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