Pál Gábor

The native form of this personal name is Gábor Pál. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Pál Gábor
Born(1932-11-02)2 November 1932
Budapest, Hungary
Died21 October 1987(1987-10-21) (aged 55)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1962–1987

Pál Gábor (2 November 1932 – 21 October 1987) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1962 and 1987. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

His most famous work was 1978's Angi Vera, about a woman in a re-education camp in post-war Hungary. His films usually focused on the concerns of people in communist Hungary.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale 1979: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Pal Gabor, a Movie Director; Satirized Concerns of Youth". New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2012.


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