Márta Mészáros
Hungarian screenwriter and film director (born 1931)
2.59body-of-work score · ranked #424 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- September 19, 1931 · Budapest
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Work
- film director, screenwriter

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Diary for My ChildrenNapló gyermekeimnek
1984 · Hungary · drama
Cannes Grand Prix winner 1984 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1984 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1989 #10
1.213 citations - 2AdoptionÖrökbefogadás
1975 · Hungary · drama
Berlin Golden Bear winner 1975 · Criterion Collection spine #1115
1.162 citations - 30.221 citation
Complete filmography
All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1955Mindennapi történet
- 1961Szívdobogás
- 1962Szeretet
- 1968The Girl
- 1969Binding Sentiments
- 1970Beauty and the Vagabond
- 1973Riddance
- 1975Adoption
- 1976Nine Months
- 1977Women
- 1978Just like Home
- 1979On the Move
- 1980The Heiresses
- 1981Anna
- 1984Diary for My Children
- 1987Diary for My Lovers
- 1989Bye Bye Red Riding Hood
- 1990Diary for My Father and Mother
- 1994Foetus
- 1995The Seventh Room
- 1999Daughters of Luck
- 2001Little Vilna: The Last Diary
- 2004The Unburied Man
- 2009The Last Report On Anna
- 2017Aurora Borealis: Northern Light
- —Marie