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  • Category Motion Pictures

    Address 1720 Vine Street

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
George Pal
Born:
1908-02-01,
Cegl?d,
Hungary
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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George Pal

George Pal, born György Pál Marczincsak, was a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre. He became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe.

He was nominated for Academy Awards no less than seven consecutive years and reciewed an honorary award in 1944. This makes him the second most nominated Hungarian exile after Miklós Rózsa.

He was born in Cegléd, Austria?Hungary, the son of György Pál Marczincsak Sr. and his wife Maria. He graduated from the Budapest Academy of Arts in 1928. From 1928 to 1931, he made films for Hunnia Films of Budapest, Hungary.

In 1931 he married Elisabeth “Zsoka” Grandjean, and moving to Berlin, founded Trickfilm-Studio Gmbh Pal und Wittke, with the UFA Studios as its main customer from 1931 to 1933. During this time, he patented Pal-Doll .

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