Ferenc Grunwalsky
Ferenc Grunwalsky (16 May 1943 – 30 June 2025) was a Hungarian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and university professor.
Ferenc Grunwalsky
Ványi Ákos · Magyar Nemzet, 2003. január (66. évfolyam) 2003. január 25-i számának 31. oldala · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Ferenc Grunwalsky
- Born
- 16 May 1943
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Died
- 30 June 2025
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Fields
- film direction · film screenwriting
- Education
- ELTE Faculty of Humanities · University of Theatre and Film Arts
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Meritorius Artist of Hungary · Béla Balázs Award · Master of Hungarian Motion Picture
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Ferenc Grunwalsky studied at ELTE Faculty of Humanities and University of Theatre and Film Arts. The recorded working language is Hungarian. The field of work recorded is film direction and film screenwriting. Distinctions recorded are Kossuth Prize, Meritorius Artist of Hungary, Béla Balázs Award and Master of Hungarian Motion Picture.
Péter Scherer, Zoltán Mucsi (Actors) and Ferenc Grunwalsky (director)
Eifert János · [1] and 41. Magyar Filmszemle, Palace MOM Park, Budapest, 2010. február 2-8.
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• Name — Ferenc Grunwalsky • Birth Name — Ferenc Grunwalsky • Born — 16 May 1943 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungary • Died — 30 June 2025 • Occupation — * Film director • Cinematographer • Screenwriter
Life and career
Life and career
Grunwalsky was born 16 May 1943 in Budapest, to Károly Grünwalsky (1912–1996), a Lutheran pastor and Iroska Laász (1912–1987). He attended the Eötvös Loránd University and the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. From 1968, he was a Director and Cinematographer at Mafilm. He was a member of the board of the Association of Hungarian Film Artists, and the president of the Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation (MMKK). Throughout his career he directed a number of feature films, including Little but Tough (1989), and is credited as cinematographer on Tight Quarters (1983), amongst others. Grunwalsky died on 30 June 2025, at the age of 82.
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- 1.Grünvalszky Károly gyászjelentése. dspace. 1996.
- 2.Grunwalsky Ferenc. www.ikonosztaz.hu.
- 3.Meghalt Grunwalsky Ferenc Kossuth-díjas rendező-operatőr. www.msn.com.
- 4.Kossuth Award-Winning Director and Cinematographer Ferenc Grunwalsky Has Died. Ground News. 2025-06-30.
- 5.Grunwalsky Ferenc 65 éves / PRAE.HU - a művészeti portál. PRAE.HU - a művészeti portál.
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