| Márta Mészáros | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 September 1931 Kispest, Hungary |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1954 - present |
Márta Mészáros (born September 19, 1931 in Kispest, Hungary) is a Hungarian film director. She worked as an English Teachersmeaning? filmmaker in the 1960s, but in the following decade began making films drawing on the oppression of both state and gender. In the 1980s, she created the autobiographical Diary series of films.
She married Miklós Jancsó in 1960; though they later divorced, their two sons, Nyika Jancsó and Miklós Jancsó Jr., have separately worked as director of photography on many of her films. In 1978 she directed the film Just Like Home, which starred Anna Karina.[1] In 1976, she was a member of the jury at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1994, her film A magzat was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
She later became romantically involved with the Polish actor Jan Nowicki. After having lived together for many years, they split up in 2008. Nowicki starred in many of her films, including the principal role in The Unburied Dead. His son from an earlier relationship, Łukasz Nowicki, starred in Mészáros' Kisvilma. Mészáros became widely known in Poland and has directed some cinema and TV productions there.
Her critically acclaimed film Napló apámnak, anyámnak was produced in 1990. She directed a film about Imre Nagy in 2003–2004, titled The Unburied Dead.[4]