István Gaál
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.
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- Name
- István Gaál
- Born
- 25 August 1933
- Birthplace
- Salgótarján, Hungary
- Died
- 25 September 2007
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungary
- Occupation
- Film director, film editor, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Hungary
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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.
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• Name — István Gaál • Born — 25 August 1933 • Birthplace — Salgótarján, Hungary • Died — 25 September 2007 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Occupation — Film director, film editor, screenwriter • Years Active — 1956–1996
Selected filmography
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)
Gaál István filmrendező a 2007-es Párhuzamos Kultúráért díjátadáson a díjjal.
Hartyándi Jenő, főszerkesztő MEDIAWAVE · [1]
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1933
István Gaál born at Salgótarján.
2007
István Gaál died at Budapest.
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