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István Szabó (Hungarian: [ˈsɒboː ˈiʃtvaːn]; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian -speaking world since the late 1960s.
István Szabó. Director: Sunshine. István Szabó was the first director to bring home to Hungary the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie receiving the award was his 1981 film Mephisto.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Actor
- Budapest, Hungary
- István Szabó
Istvan Szabo is one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past few decades. In the 1960s and '70s he directed auteur films in Hungarian, which explore his own generation's experiences and recent Hungarian history (Apa (1966); Szerelmesfilm (1970); Tuzoltó utca 25. (1973)). For the public beyond art house cinema, his ...
- February 18, 1938
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Szabó István (teljes neve Szabó István Tamás) ( Budapest, 1938. február 18. –) a Nemzet Művésze címmel kitüntetett, BAFTA - és Kossuth-díjas magyar filmrendező, érdemes és kiváló művész. A magyar filmművészet európai hatású és rangú alkotója.
Istvan Szabo has emerged as one of the most important Hungarian filmmakers of the 20th Century. The Central European experience, from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Warsaw Pact, is the key...
With detailed analyses of István Szabó’s major films, from his 1960s works to his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film winner, Mephisto, and on through Szabó’s last film in 2020, Final Report, Susan Rubin Suleiman focuses on four important questions pertaining to existential choice: to leave home or to stay in a communist country?
Nov 30, 2020 · We were delighted to speak to Academy Award-winning director István Szabó about his new film, Final Report [+ see also: film review trailer interview: István Szabó film profile], which showed late last week at the just-concluded Tallinn Black Nights.