Iskra Babich

Iskra Leonidovna Babich (Russian: И́скра Леони́довна Ба́бич; 10 January 1932 – 5 August 2001) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Her 1981 film Muzhiki! was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.

• Pastukh (1957)
• First Date (1960)
• High Water (1962)
• Muzhiki! (1981)
• Forgive Me, Alyosha (1983)

• Muzhiki!
  • Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1981)
  • Prize at Film Festivals in West Berlin and Vancouver
  • The Best Film in 1982 in a poll of the magazine Soviet Screen

She was married to actor Afanasi Kochetkov (1930–2004). She died of cancer.