Skip to content
227,683 profiles ranked

No free photograph

Larisa Shepitko

Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938 - 1979) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 41

Larisa Yefimovna Shepitko was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin.

Larisa Shepitko is read about 272 times a day, in 34 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

A life in dates

1979Died2 July 19791977Golden BearAwardThe AscentFilm, 1977Director, Writer1970Sport, Sport, SportFilm1969In the Thirteenth Hour of the NightFilm, Director1967Beginning of an Unknown EraFilm, Director, Writer1966WingsFilm, Director1962Ordinary StoryFilm1960TavriaFilm, Hanna1958Poem of the SeaFilm1956Carnival NightFilm, (uncredited)1955VasylFilm1938Born6 January 1938

People around Larisa

  • The Ascent 1977
  • Carnival Night 1956
  • Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin 1981
  • Wings 1966

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 20

26 credits on file

Awards

Golden Bear1977
USSR State Prize
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

About this person

She is considered one of the best female directors of all time, with her film The Ascent being the second film directed by a woman to win a Golden Bear and the third film directed by a woman to win a top award at a major European film festival.

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 1979 · aged 41

Where to find them