György Palásthy

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-01-12

Deathday 2012-04-16 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Esztergom, Hungary

Also Known As Дьёрдь Палашти

György Palásthy

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.

Known For

Director

1997
Return ticket

as Director

1987
Giddy Vacations

as Director

1987
1984
The Music of Life

as Director

1981
1979
1976
Upside Down

as Director

1973
1972
Junior Jr. Comes

as Director

1971
Hi, Junior!

as Director

1969
The Heir

as Director

1969
The Wizard

as Director

1969
On Home Grounds

as Director

1968
Bors

as Director

1966
Ketten haltak meg

as Director

1966
1964
Másfél millió

as Director

1963
The Naked Diplomat

as Director

1962

Writer

VII. Olivér

as Writer

1987
Giddy Vacations

as Screenplay

1964
1963
1961
Alba Regia

as Writer

1959
Our Kid

as Writer