Béla Zsitkovszky

Béla Zsitkovszky
Born	3 April 1868 Eperjes, Austria-Hungary (now Prešov, Slovakia)
Died	16 September 1930 (aged 62) Budapest, Hungary
Other names	Gyula Antal Zágon
Occupation(s)	Film director Cinematographer
Years active	1901 - 1918

Béla Zsitkovszky (3 April 1868 - 16 September 1930) was a Hungarian cinematographer and film director. Zsitkovszky was a film pioneer notable for producing the country's first ever film The Dance (A táncz) in 1901. Zsitkovszky was a cinema projectionist who was commissioned to make a film. He shot it entirely on location as Budapest lacked a film studio.[1] In 1901 he opened the first Hungarian film laboratory.[2]

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

• A Munkászubbony (1914)
• Ágyú és harang (1915)
• Lyon Lea (1915)
• The Officer's Swordknot (1915)
• The Village Rogue (1916)
• The Karthauzer (1916)
• The Laughing Saskia (1916)
• Az obsitos (1917)
• Tájfun (1917)
• Tüzpróba (1918)
• Az impresszárió (1918)

References

1. Cunningham p.8
2. Cunningham p.8

Bibliography

• Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
• Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.

External links

• Béla Zsitkovszky at IMDb