György Palásthy
Born: 1931-01-12 in Esztergom, Hungary
Died: 2012-04-16
Known For: Directing
Biography
György Palásthy ( Esztergom , January 12 , 1931 – Budapest , April 16, 2012 ) Hungarian film director and screenwriter, winner of the Béla Balázs Prize . His parents were Sándor Palásthy and Anna Blahovics. He was studying electrical engineering when he won a literary competition at the age of 16. In 1950, he was admitted to the Academy of Theater and Film Arts , where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in film directing. He then became an employee of Mafilm . His first work was the script for the 1959 film Kölyök . He became one of the first managers of the Balázs Béla Studio, founded in 1959 . From 1960, he also worked for Hungarian Television . In 1961, Is Everyone Innocent? was his first independent direction of the feature film. In 1962, he married Ilona Dávid. They had three children: Ágnes (1954), György (1958) and Beáta (1963). He directed children's films from 1969. He was a board member of the Film Arts Association.
Filmography
2001
- The Rebellion of the Straw Men ... (Director)
1997
- Return Ticket ... (Director)
1987
- Giddy Vacations ... (Screenplay)
- S.O.S. Szobafogság! ... (Director)
1984
- The Music of Life ... (Director)
1981
- A Harum-Scarum Family ... (Director)
1979
- That Lovely Green Grass ... (Director)
1978
- Vacations on the Dead Street ... (Director)
1976
- Upside Down ... (Director)
1975
- Pikemen ... (Director)
1973
- A Lad on White Horse ... (Director)
1972
- Junior Jr. Comes ... (Director)
1971
- Hi, Junior! ... (Director)
1969
- The Heir ... (Director)
- On Home Grounds ... (Director)
- The Wizard ... (Director)
1968
- Bors ... (Director)
- Isten óvd a királyt ... (Director)
1967
- The Widow and the Police Officer ... (Director)
1966
- Faithful for Nothing ... (Director)
- Ketten haltak meg ... (Director)
1964
- Másfél millió ... (Director)
1963
- The Naked Diplomat ... (Writer)
1962
- A Bus Does Not Stop ... (Director)
1961
- Alba Regia ... (Writer)
1959
- Our Kid ... (Writer)