Person

George Pal

Directing · 1908–1980 · Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Biography

George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniques, in 1944.

Known for

Filmography

1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George PalSelf
1975Doc Savage: The Man of BronzeScreenplay
1971The Tool BoxProducer
1968The PowerProducer
19647 Faces of Dr. LaoDirector
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmDirector
1961Atlantis: The Lost ContinentProducer
1960The Time MachineProducer
1958Tom ThumbProducer
1957The First ChristmasDirector
1957The Big Fun CarnivalProducer
1955Conquest of SpaceProducer
1954The Naked JungleProducer
1953HoudiniProducer
1953The War of the WorldsBum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
1951When Worlds CollideProducer
1950Destination MoonProducer
1950The Great RupertProducer
1949City at NightSelf
1947Rhapsody in WoodDirector
1947Date with DukeDirector
1947Tubby the TubaDirector
1947Wilbur the LionDirector
1947Shoe Shine JasperDirector
1946Jasper in a JamProducer
1946John Henry and the Inky-PooDirector
1946Together in the WeatherDirector
1946Olio for JasperDirector
1946Prospecting for PetroleumProducer
1945My Man JasperDirector
1945Jasper and the BeanstalkDirector
1945Jasper's Close ShaveDirector
1945Jasper's BoobytrapsDirector
1945Jasper's MinstrelsDirector
1945A Hatful of DreamsProducer
1945Hotlip JasperDirector
1944Two-Gun RustyDirector
1944Jasper's ParadiseProducer
1944Jasper TellDirector
1944And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry StreetDirector
1944Jasper Goes HuntingDirector
1944Say Ah, JasperDirector
1944Package for JasperDirector
1943Good Night, RustyProducer
1943Jasper Goes FishingDirector
1943The Little BroadcastDirector
1943The Truck That FlewDirector
1943Jasper's Music LessonDirector
1943The 500 Hats of Bartholomew CubbinsDirector
1943Bravo, Mr. StraussDirector
1942Jasper and the Haunted HouseDirector
1942Mr. Strauss Takes a WalkDirector
1942The Sky PrincessDirector
1942Jasper and the WatermelonsDirector
1942Tulips Shall GrowProducer
1942Jasper and the Choo-ChooDirector
1941Rhythm in the RanksDirector
1941The Gay KnightiesDirector
1941Hoola BoolaDirector
1941Dipsy GypsyDirector
1941Western DazeDirector
1940The Good Bear and the Bad BearDirector
1940Friend in NeedDirector
1940The Old Woman Who Lived in A ShoeDirector
1939The Queen Was in the ParlourDirector
1939Love on the RangeDirector
1938The Great Philips ReviewDirector
1938Sky PiratesDirector
1938The Ballet of the Red Radio ValvesDirector
1938How an Advertising Poster Came AboutDirector
1938De ReddingsbrigadeDirector
1938South Sea SweetheartsDirector
1937What Ho, She BumpsDirector
1937Rescue BrigadeDirector
1936Charlie's World CruiseDirector
1936Ether SymphonyDirector
1936Aladdin and the Magic LampDirector
1936On Parade!Director
1935Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesDirector
1935World's Greatest ShowDirector
1935In Lamp Light LandDirector
1935The Magic AtlasDirector
1935The Sleeping BeautyProducer
1934Radio Valve RevolutionDirector
1934A Fairy Tale About a Melancholic KingDirector
1934Ship of the EtherDirector
1934Philips CavalcadeDirector
1934Radio Valve RevolutionDirector
1934The WinnerDirector
1932A walk through the modern Oberst factoryDirector
1932How Much Is Your Health Worth to You?Director

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