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Márta Mészáros

Hungarian screenwriter and film director · Hungary · On the map · Writers · Born 1931 · age 95

Márta Mészáros 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.

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2023Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Film AcademyAward2021European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement AwardAward2018Hazám-díjAward2013Prima Primissima PrizeAward2007Berlinale CameraAwardNagy Imre Order of MeritAward2005Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian RepublicAward2004Master of Hungarian Motion PictureAward1990Kossuth PrizeAward1989SZOT prizeAward1985Meritorius Artist of HungaryAward1984Cannes Film Festival Grand PrixAward1977Béla Balázs AwardAward1975Golden BearAward1931Born19 September 1931

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Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Film Academy2023
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award2021
Hazám-díj2018
Prima Primissima Prize2013
Gundel Art Award2010
Nagy Imre Order of Merit2007
Berlinale Camera2007
Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic2005
Master of Hungarian Motion Picture2004
Kossuth Prize1990
SZOT prize1989
Silver Bear1987
Meritorius Artist of Hungary1985
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix1984
Béla Balázs Award1977
Golden Bear1975

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Her full-length directorial debut, Eltávozott 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.

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Hungary
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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Living
Dates
Born 1931 · age 95

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