Robert Vas
Vas Robert Robert Vas (Vas Róbert; 3 March 1931, Budapest – 10 April 1978) was a Hungarian film director who settled in England. He came to England after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He was committed to documentary, like Refuge England (1959) and, after a short period working for the National Coal Board, he went on to make a seminal series of films for the BBC. These include The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (1968) and Heart of Britain (1970), The Issue Should be Avoided (1971), My Homeland (1976), a three-hour examination of the life of Joseph Stalin (1973), and Nine Days in '26 (1974).
Robert Vas
- Born
- 1931 · Budapest.
- Died
- 1978
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- director · producer · cinematographer · screenwriter
- Languages
- English
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Vas Robert Robert Vas (Vas Róbert; 3 March 1931, Budapest – 10 April 1978) was a Hungarian film director who settled in England. He came to England after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He was committed to documentary, like Refuge England (1959) and, after a short period working for the National Coal Board, he went on to make a seminal series of films for the BBC. These include The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (1968) and Heart of Britain (1970), The Issue Should be Avoided (1971), My Homeland (1976), a three-hour examination of the life of Joseph Stalin (1973), and Nine Days in '26 (1974).
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Born at Budapest in 1931, died in 1978.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hungary.
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- 1.Gömöri György - Tisztelt Szerkesztőség! www.es.hu 2003. máj. 2. "... ahol Hochhuth ürügyén írtam erről, illetve Vas Róbert tragikus körülmények között, fiatalon meghalt, londoni magyar filmrendező (úgy emlékszem, 1975-ben készített) dokumentumfilmjét, amit annak idején a BBC sugárzott."
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Burgan, John “Robert Vas”, Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, ed. Ian Aitken, Routledge, New York, 2006, pp. 958–959
- Davies, Brenda, 'Obituary', BFI News, n. 34, July 1978, p. 3.
- Barrie Gavin and Alan Rosenthal, 'Witness: In Memoriam, Robert Vas', Sight and Sound, Summer 1978 pp. 186–189
- (BBC, broadcast 3/5/1978, Barrie Gavin)
- Screenonline: Vas, Robert (1931-1978) BFI online guide to Britain's film & TV history
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