
Known for
Directing
Born
September 19, 1931 (age 95)
Birthplace
Budapest, Hungary
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 heroi...
2017
Director, Writer
2017
Additional Camera
2015
Director
2012
Director, Writer
2010
2009
Director
2006
2004
Director, Screenplay
2002
2001
Director
2000
Director, Writer
1999
Director, Screenplay
1996
Director, Screenplay
1994
Writer, Director
1993
Director
1990
Writer, Director
1989
Writer, Director
1987
Director, Writer
1984
Director, Writer
1984
Writer, Director
1983
Director
1981
Writer, Director
1980
Director, Writer
1979
1979
Writer, Director