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Biography
Larisa Yefimovna Shepitko was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Bear · 1977
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- USSR State Prize
