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István Gaál

1933 – 2007

Hungarian film director

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Lived 1933 – 2007 (aged 74). István Gaál was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, film editor, cinematographer, filmmaker and photographer.

István Gaál (25 August 1933 – 25 September 2007) was a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films between 1956 and 1996. With Falcons he won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.

Selected filmography 1955: Fifty/Ötven (s) 1957: Surfacemen/Pályamunkások (s) 1961: Etude/Etűd (s) 1962: To and Fro/Oda-vissza (d) 1962: Tisza - Autumn Sketches/Tisza - Őszi vázlatok (d) Current (1963) 1965: Green Years/Zöldár 1967: Baptism/Keresztelő 1967: Chronicle/Krónika (d) 1969: Cuba's 10 Years/(Tíz) 10 éves Kuba (d) 1970: The Music of Night by Béla Bartók/Bartók Béla: Az éjszaka zenéje (s) The Falcons (1970) 1971: Dead Landscape/Holt vidék 1975: Our Heritage/Örökségünk (d) 1975: Pictures from the Life of a Town/Képek egy város életéből (d) 1976: Two Trains a Day/Naponta két vonat 1976: Customs Frontier/Vámhatár (tv) 1977: Legato/Legato Cserepek (1980) 1980: The Dance of Death/Haláltánc (tv) 1985: Orpheus and Eurydice/Orfeusz és Eurydiké 1986: Creatures of God/Isten teremtményei (tv) 1987: Uncle Béni/Béni bácsi (d) Peer Gynt (1988) 1989: Night/Éjszaka (tv) 1990: Music/Zene (d) 1995: Roman sonata/Római szonáta (d) 2000: Roots I-III./Gyökerek I-III. (d) 2004: Irregular Inventory of Paris/Rendhagyó párizsi leltár (tv) 2005: Kerala/Kerala (tv)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Theatre and Film Arts
Awards
Kossuth Prize; Béla Balázs Award; Master of Hungarian Motion Picture; Jury Prize; Parallel Culture Awards
Also known as
Istvan Gaal

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped István Gaál's

Frequently asked questions

Who was István Gaál?

Hungarian film director (1933–2007)

When was István Gaál born?

István Gaál was born on 25 August 1933 in Salgótarján.

When did István Gaál die?

István Gaál died on 25 September 2007 in Budapest.

What was István Gaál's occupation?

István Gaál was a film director, screenwriter, film editor, cinematographer, filmmaker and photographer.

What nationality was István Gaál?

István Gaál was Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: István Gaál

· Wikidata: Q897981

· DBpedia: István Gaál

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