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George Pal: Biography
Birth Place:
Cegled, Hungary
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
02/01/1908, Aquarius
Date of Death:
05/02/1980
Profession:
Director; producer; cinematographer
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George Pal Fast Facts:
Pioneer of stop-motion animation trained as an architect in his native Hungary but was unable to find work in that field.
Began his film career at the UFA studio in Berlin and then made a series of animated puppet short films in Holland before moving to the United States, where he created his Puppetoons series for Paramount Pictures.
His first feature-length film was
Destination Moon
(1950) for Paramount, which won an Oscar for special effects, as did
When Worlds Collide
(1951) and
War of the Worlds
(1953).
Made his directing debut with
Tom Thumb
(1958) for MGM.
His final film was 1975's
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
; its disappointing box-office performance prevented him from making a planning series of science-fiction movies.
George Pal Relationships:
Zsoka - Wife
George Pal Awards:
1941 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1942 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1943 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1944 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1945 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1946 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1947 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
1943 Oscar: Special Award - Winner
College:
Budapest Academy of the Arts, Budapest, Hungary
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