| He was born in Vác, on the 27th September in
1921. After his law studies he studied
ethnography and art history at the
University of Arts and Sciences
of Kolozsvár. Between 1946 and he
finished his studies at the Academy
of Drama and Film, faculty film
directing in Budapest.
Between 1950 and 1958 he directed
many short films, after 1958 he
directed feature films.
At the beginning of the seventies
lived in Italy, between 1975 and
1979 was a director at the Theatre
25, later, until 1983, at Népszínház,
between 1983 and 1984 he was the
in-house director of the Katona
József Theater. In 1986 he became
the president of the Hungarian Film
and TV Artists' Association, since
1988 he is a titular professor,
between 1990 and 1992 teaches at
the Institute for Communication
of the Harvard University. Since
1993 he is a member, since 1994
is the president of the Széchenyi
Academy of Literature and Arts.
Member of the European Film Academy.
His co-author is Gyula Hernádi.
Selected Filmography
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| 1958
1960
1963
1964
1965
1967
1968
1968
1969
1970
1971
1971
1973
1974
1976
1978
1978
1978
1980
1981
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1986
1988
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1991
1993
1994
1996
1996
1997
1998
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2001
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2002
2003 |
THE BELLS HAVE GONE TO ROME
THREE STARS ( co-director)
CANTATA
Hungarian Film Critic's
Award
MY WAY HOME
Hungarian Film Week, Pécs -Special
Prize
THE HOPELESS ONES
Hungarian Film Week, Pécs -Main
Prize
London: The Best Foreign
Film (1967)
Hungarian Film Critic's
Award
Locarno: FIPRESCI Prize
THE RED AND THE WHITE
(Hungarian-Soviet)
Hungarian Film Critic's
Award
Hungarian Film Week, Director's
Prize
Paris, Moussinac Prize
SILENCE AND CRY
Avellino Film Festival, Golden
Prize
Hungarian Film and Television Critic's
-Main Prize
Hungarian film Week, Pécs -Director's
Prize
THE CONFRONTATION
SIROKKO (Hun-French)
Hungarian Film Critic's
Award
Atlanta, Best Director
AGNUS DEI
THE PEOPLE STILL ASK
Barcelona, Audience Prize
Cannes, Director's Prize
THE PACIFIST (Italian-French-West-Germany)
ROME WANTS ANOTHER CAESAR
(Italian TV)
BELOVED ELECTRA
PRIVATE VICES, PUBLIC PLEASURES
(Italian-Yugoslavian)
VITAM AT SANGUINEM
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY
Barcelona, Audience Prize
Cannes, Special prize for
the Live Time Achievment
ALEGRO BARBARO
Cannes, Special prize for
the Live Time Achievment (1979)
Santiago de Chile, Critic's
Award for the Best Foreign Film
of the year
Milano, Golden Globus
GYULA HERNÁDI (TV)
THE HEART OF THE TYRANT
(Hungarian-Italian)
THE DAWN (French-Israeli)
SEASON OF MONSTERS
Hungarian Film Week, Director's
Prize
Venice, Special Diploma
JESUS CHRIST'S HOROSCOPE
Venice, Live Time Achievment
Prize
GOD WALKS BACKWARDS
Gion, Diploma
BLUE DANUBE WALTZ
Montreal, Best Director
REMAINDERS
MESSAGE OF STONES
IT IS SIMPLE
UNBURIED DEADS
HERO'S SQUARE-SUBJECTIVE HISTORICAL
TALE
LORD'S LANTERN IN BUDAPEST
Hungarian Film Week, Gene
Moskowitz Prize
ANYÁD! A SZÚNYOGOK
Hungarian Film Critic's, Life
Time Achievment Prize
LAST SUPPER AT THE ARABIAN
GREY HORSE
WAKE UP, MATE, DON'T YOU
SLEEP
THE BATTLE OF MOHÁCS |
