Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-01-31

Deathday

1980-05-02 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Also Known As

György Pál Marczincsák
George Pál
Georg Pál
Georg Pal
Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak
Julius György Marczincsak

George Pal

Biography

Hungarian born George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) was an 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

6.8%

The War of the Worlds

Aug 13, 1953

7.5%

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Jul 31, 1986

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City at Night

Oct 11, 1949

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Acting

1986

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self

1953

The War of the Worlds as Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

1949

City at Night as Self

Camera

1939

Love on the Range as Director of Photography

1938

South Sea Sweethearts as Director of Photography

1934

Philips Cavalcade as Director of Photography

Crew

1946		John Henry and the Inky-Poo as Cinematography
1946		Together in the Weather as Script

1942

Tulips Shall Grow as Cinematography

Directing

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Director

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Director

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent as Director

1960

The Time Machine as Director

1958

Tom Thumb as Director

1957

The Big Fun Carnival as Director

1947		Rhapsody in Wood as Director
1947		Date with Duke as Director
1947		Tubby the Tuba as Director
1947		Wilbur the Lion as Director
1947		Shoe Shine Jasper as Director

1946		John Henry and the Inky-Poo as Director
1946		Together in the Weather as Director
1946		Olio for Jasper as Director

1945		My Man Jasper as Director
1945		Jasper and the Beanstalk as Director
1945		Jasper's Close Shave as Director
1945		Jasper's Minstrels as Director
1945		Hot Lip Jasper as Director
1945		Jasper's Boobytraps as Director

1944		Two-Gun Rusty as Director
1944		Jasper's Paradise as Director
1944		Jasper Tell as Director
1944		And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street as Director
1944		Jasper Goes Hunting as Director
1944		Say Ah, Jasper as Director
1944		Package for Jasper as Director
1944		A Hatful of Dreams as Director

1943		Good Night, Rusty as Director
1943		Jasper Goes Fishing as Director
1943		The Little Broadcast as Director
1943		The Truck That Flew as Director
1943		Jasper's Music Lesson as Director
1943		500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins as Director
1943		Bravo, Mr. Strauss as Director

1942		Jasper and the Haunted House as Director
1942		Mr. Strauss Takes a Walk as Director
1942		The Sky Princess as Director
1942		Jasper and the Watermelons as Director
1942		Tulips Shall Grow as Director
1942		Jasper and the Choo-Choo as Director

1941		Rhythm in the Ranks as Director
1941		The Gay Knighties as Director
1941		Hoola Boola as Director
1941		Dipsy Gypsy as Director
1941		Western Daze as Director

1940		The Good Bear and the Bad Bear as Director
1940		Friend in Need as Director
1940		The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe as Director

1939		The Queen Was in the Parlour as Director
1939		Love on the Range as Director

1938		The Great Philips Review as Director
1938		Sky Pirates as Director
1938		The Ballet of the Red Radio Valves as Director
1938		How an Advertising Poster Came About as Director
1938		De Reddingsbrigade as Director
1938		South Sea Sweethearts as Director

1937		What Ho, She Bumps as Director
1937		Rescue Brigade as Director

1936		Charlie's World Cruise as Director
1936		Ether Symphony as Director
1936		Aladdin and the Magic Lamp as Director
1936		On Parade! as Director

1935		Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Director
1935		World's Greatest Show as Director
1935		In Lamp Light Land as Director
1935		The Magic Atlas as Director
1935		The Sleeping Beauty as Director

1934		Radio Röhren Revolution as Director
1934		A Fairy Tale About a Melancholic King as Director
1934		Ship of the Ether as Director
1934		Philips Cavalcade as Director
1934		Radio Valve Revolution as Director