György Gát

György Gát
Born	(1947-02-05)5 February 1947 Budapest, Hungary
Died	13 March 2024(2024-03-13) (aged 77)
Nationality	Hungarian
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Spouse	Nóra Görbe (1976–1992)

György Gát (5 February 1947 – 13 March 2024), sometimes credited as George Gat, was a Hungarian television director and producer. He was also a regular lecturer at ELTE University in Budapest.[1]

Biography

György Gát was born in Budapest on 5 February 1947.[2] Gát's first hit was the crime-comedy TV series Linda (1984–1989). Linda starred his wife Nóra Görbe.[3][4]

It was during the pre-production of "Linda[5]" that Gát became Hungary's first independent television producer – a position that at the time the regime did not acknowledge.

Gát subsequently created series "Angyalbőrben"[6] (1990–1991), "Familia Kft."[7] (1991–1997), "TV a város szélén" (1998),[8] "SztárVár"[9] (2005) and the animated series "Szerencsi fel!" (2004).

In 2008 he co-wrote and co-directed a sequel to animated movie Vuk, called "A Kis Vuk"[10] (in English: A Fox's Tale).

Gát had two children with Görbe, Anna (b. 1983) and Márton (b. 1989). He died on 13 March 2024, at the age of 77.[11]

References

1. "Külső óraadók, korábbi oktatóink" (in Hungarian). ELTE. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
2. "György Gát". IMDb. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
3. Pavlova, Yoana (30 August 2016). "Just for kicks: how a kung-fu fighting female TV detective reshaped gender norms in the Eastern Bloc". The Calvert Journal.
4. Zsámba, Renáta (2014). "Szocialista krimi kapitalista díszletekkel: Linda és a nyolcvanas évek" [A socialist detective story with capitalist props: Linda and the eighties]. Korunk Baráti Társaság (in Hungarian) (3): 18–25.
5. Linda, retrieved 20 March 2019
6. "Angyalbőrben – ilyen volt a magyar katonaélet vidám oldala". Blikk (in Hungarian). 28 February 2019.
7. Vámos, Miklós (2016). Húrok (in Hungarian). Európa Könyvkiadó. p. 401. ISBN 9789630798341.
8. "TV a város szélén – Gesztesi arcáról olvasott Bajor". Bors (in Hungarian). 11 March 2018.
9. Sebeők, János (2005). Enciklopédia énezer: 2001.10.06-2005.06.11 (in Hungarian). Nemzet Lap- és Könyvkiadó. p. 202. ISBN 9789638618191.
10. "Olyan lesz, mint egy nagy videoklip". Origo (in Hungarian). 25 November 2007.
11. "Meghalt Gát György, a Linda és a Família Kft. rendezője". nlc. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.